Night people #1

Barry Gifford's novels have been translated into 30 languages, and he has been the recipient of awards from PEN, the American Library Association, the Writers Guild of America, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, BAFTA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Premio Brancati in Italy, among others. David Lynch's film Wild at Heart was based on Gifford's novel (Grove, 1990), and he co-wrote the films Lost Highway (1997) with director David Lynch and City of Ghosts (2003) with director Matt Dillon. His books include The Phantom Father (Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997), named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Wyoming (Arcade, 2000), named a Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year, Sailor and Lula: The Complete Novels (Seven Stories Press, 2010), Roy’s World: Stories 1973-2020 (Seven Stories Press/Penguin Random House, 2020), The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea (Seven Stories Press/Penguin Random House, 2022), and Ghost Years (Seven Stories Press/Penguin Random House, 2024). Mr. Gifford's writings have appeared in Punch, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Sport, the New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Chris Condon is the low-down dirty scoundrel behind the ongoing Image Comic series That Texas Blood and its acclaimed Wild West spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre, both with artist Jacob Phillips. He waded deep into bayou waters to adapt Barry Gifford's Night People for Oni Press and has not been the same since.

Brian Level is a cartoonist, tattooer, writer who has contributed premiere comic books like STAR WARS, BATMAN, SPIDER-MAN, AVENGERS, and DEADPOOL. His work has been internationally recognized for over 15 years and won a GLAAD Media Award for his contributions to POISON IVY for DC Comics.

Level brings an element of the horrific and the ecstatic to the projects he touches with the goal of creating timeless, deep and rich work.

He lives with his family in the greater Cincinnati area where he makes stories and operates Illuminaut Tattoo.

Release Date: March 6, 2024

Length: 32 pages (No Ads)

COVER A By J.H. Williams III

COVER B By Joëlle Jones

COVER C By Jacob Phillips

Cover C by Brian Level

FULL ART VARIANT (1:20) By Joëlle Jones

B&W Variant (1:30) By J.H. Williams III

Series UPC: 649856007872

“Intriguing and violent.”—IGN

“A pulpy, scuzzy, addictive read that skillfully contains Barry Gifford's essence.”—COMIC BOOK COUPLES COUNSELING

“Exciting.”—DAILY DEAD

“It’s just such a different and engrossing sort of comic. I read a lot of weekly releases, and it’s just always so welcome when a book is this well-done and this far aside from anything else being put out.”—COMICS BEAT

“Mind-bending.”—FREAK SUGAR

“Writer Chris Condon takes Gifford’s novel, paring it down through the variety of director-like camera angles and character focus… Night People is going to be an interesting ride.”—COMIC CRUSADERS

“Night People is the sort of comic book one devours as much with the eyes as with the mind. Each panel is an opera, a ballet of brutality and beauty… Whether or not you’re familiar with Gifford’s source material, Night People is worth the experience alone. Condon’s writing and the art from Level and Pattison is not for the faint of heart, but well worth it in the end.”—CAPES AND TIGHTS

“Gifford and Condon deliver an action packed and thrilling story in this first issue. There is a poetic tone to the violence of the story and the characters are incredibly interesting.”—SUPER POWERED FANCAST

“Sometimes, life just calls for a gritty comic that defies all reason and sanity. An unapologetic deep dive into the minds of the ruthless and depraved. Night People #1 satisfies that desire within the first few panels… Night People #1 is the perfect start to a four-issue comic series. Once the reader is drawn in, it’s not easy to remove the talons of the story from the mind and soul. With the high factor of re-readability and so many layers to explore, readers will want to revel in the intense genius of this comic book literary masterpiece.”—FANBASE PRESS

“A lurid, Lynchian crime comic about 20th Century America's worst impulses and the strange animals who prowl its interstates looking for prey.”— Zac Thompson

“Terrifying… You'll be sleeping with the lights on afterwards, but it's so worth it.” — Ethan Sacks

“Southern stylish, sick and sweaty... it's a real literary feast.” — Zack Kaplan

“So fucking good. This is almost made exclusively for people who have the criterion of Blue Velvet.” — Samuel Freeman

“Just as dark and blissfully twisted as you might expect from the folks behind LOST HIGHWAY and THAT TEXAS BLOOD.”— Rob Saucedo

“A twisted, Lynchian portrait of America gone mad.”— Rich Douek

“Basically my newest comics obsession. I absolutely love how different and weird this comic is. Highly recommend this one if you want something well-done, gritty, and different.”—COMICS BEAT