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Cruel and Unusual (comics)

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Format
  
Mini-series

Number of issues
  
4

Letterer(s)
  
Annie Parkhouse

Publisher
  
Vertigo

Publication date
  
June – September 1999

Inker(s)
  
Andrew Chiu

Penciller
  
John McCrea

Writers
  
Jamie Delano, Tom Peyer

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Colorist(s)
  
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Cruel and Unusual is a four-issue American comic book mini-series created in 1999 by Jamie Delano and Tom Peyer (writers), John McCrea (penciller) and Andrew Chiu (inker), and published by Vertigo.

Contents

Synopsis

America's struggling prison system is turned over to TV producers, who exploit everything possible for profit, making reality shows of the prisoners and even hosting live executions.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

  • Cruel and Unusual (112 pages, softcover, Desperado Publishing, September 2007, ISBN 0-9795939-2-1)
  • Cruel and Unusual (Italian language) (128 pages, hardcover, Green Comm Services, August 2013, ISBN 978-88-90788-51-2)

    • References

    Cruel and Unusual (comics) Wikipedia
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