JUST IN TIME FOR CONVENTION SEASON-the ultimatecomic con crime tale!

Comics won't justbreak your heart.

Comics will just kill you.

Hal Crane should know, he's been aroundsince practically the beginning. Stuck at an out-of-town convention, waiting toreceive a lifetime achievement award, Hal's weekend takes us on a dark ridethrough the secret history of a medium that's always been haunted by crooks,swindlers, and desperate dreamers.

BADWEEKEND-the story some are already calling the comic of the year from itsserialization in CRIMINAL #2 and 3-has been expanded, with several newscenes added and remastered into a hardcover graphic novel, in the same formatas BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS' ( KILL OR BE KILLED, FATALE, CRIMINAL) bestselling MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEENJUNKIES. This gorgeous package is a must-have, an evergreen graphic novelevery true comics fan will want toown.

Collects CRIMINAL #2-3 with expandedcontent