New MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Art Book & Comic Prequel Cover Art
Ahead of the release of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, Vertigo will put out an art book inspired by the movie, as well as a series of comic book prequels focusing on the three main characters.
/Film have debuted the following front and back covers to Mad Max: Fury Road: Inspired Artists, and also and Mad Max: Fury Road: Nux & Immortan Joe #1. This one-shot will focus on the characters played by Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Keays-Byrne, and will be followed by Furiosa #1 (Charlize Theron) a month later, and then finally two Mad Max (Tom Hardy) issues. We also have synopses below.
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: NUX & IMMORTAN JOE #1 Written by GEORGE MILLER, NICO LATHOURIS and MARK SEXTON Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI and LEANDRO FERNANDEZ Cover by TOMMY LEE EDWARDS One-shot • On sale MAY 20 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS In a fallen world ravaged by oil and water wars, humanity exists without law or mercy. All those who wander the Wasteland are ruled by a single imperative…survive! Among them is Max Rockatansky, a Road Warrior haunted by his turbulent past… “It’s hard to know who is more crazy. Me or everyone else?!” In this first issue, witness the rise of Colonel Joe Moore, a war hero turned tyrannical warlord…The Immortan Joe! And don’t miss the story of Nux, one of the Immortan’s “War Boys,” who knows only the chaos into which he was born. From the mind of George Miller, the creator of the Mad Max trilogy, comes a brand new epic tale that serves as a prelude to the upcoming film, Mad Max: Fury Road!
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – INSPIRED ARTISTS DELUXE EDITION HC Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ, LEE BERMEJO, DAVE JOHNSON, PAUL POPE, DAVID MACK, HOWARD CHAYKIN, NICOLA SCOTT, GABRIELE DELL’OTTO, CLIFF CHIANG, GEORGE PRATT, TOMMY LEE EDWARDS, JOHN PAUL LEON, TEDDY KRISTIANSEN, SIMON BISLEY, GILBERT HERNANDEZ, JAVIER PULIDO, TARA McPHERSON, DECLAN SHALVEY, REBEKAH ISAACS, DVE McKEAN and many more! With commentary by GEORGE MILLER and the artists On sale MAY 6 • 144 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $24.99 US • MATURE READERS In anticipation of the upcoming blockbuster film Mad Max: Fury Road, 65 of comics’ best artists took to the post-apocalyptic landscape to interpret this gorgeous and desolate world of George Miller’s design. Inspired by images from the film, each of these visionary artists brings their unique style to a double-page spread of part of the world of Mad Max, with commentary from the artists and Miller himself. From breathtaking action sequences to heartbreaking character portraits, Fury Road will be perfectly captured by a one-of-a-kind array of comics legends, side-by-side with some of the most exciting new talent in the industry!