''Jinx'' is a

comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

series published first by

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and then

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, written and drawn by

Brian Michael Bendis Brian Michael Bendis (; born August 18, 1967) is an Americans, American comic book writer and artist. Starting with crime fiction, crime and hardboiled, noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero fiction, superhero work. While a ...

Synopsis

Jinx is a prequel to the same author's '' A.K.A. Goldfish'', telling the story of Jinx, a female bounty hunter and her relationship with David Goldfish, con-artist and wanted felon. Jinx has also crossed over with the detective series ''

Sam and Twitch Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide detectives created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series ''Spawn''. Due to their popularity, they were later given the ...

''. There she helps them track down a bounty hunter that has become mentally deranged. The story is a loose adaptation of

Sergio Leone Sergio Leone ( ; ; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. Leone's film-making style ...

's ''

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (, literally "''The good, the ugly, the bad''") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach a ...

'', but resets it in the modern crime noir genre.

Models

* D.D. Byrne as Jinx * John Skrtic as Goldfish *

as Columbia * Mike Sangiacomo as Office Mike * David Mack as Dead Mug Number 1 *

James D. Hudnall James David Hudnall (April 10, 1957 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer who began his career in the comic book field in 1986 with the series ''Espers (comics), Espers'', published by Eclipse Comics. He later worked for Marvel Comics, Marvel ...

as Dead Mug Number 2 * Ceray Doss as Becky * Jared Bendis as Ricky Ricketts * Michael Johnson as Money B * Dan Berman as Street Loser 1 * Frisco as Street Loser 2 *

Marc Andreyko Marc Andreyko (born June 20, 1970) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter, best known for the true crime series ''Torso'' he co-wrote with Brian Michael Bendis and for co-creating the character Kate Spencer for DC Comics. Career Mar ...

as Reverend Peter * Curtis as Apollo * Keith Konajcik as Motormouth Mug * Tom Zjaba as Silent Mug * Jimmy Williams as Danny *

Michael Hahn George Michael Decker Hahn (November 24, 1830 – March 15, 1886), was an attorney, politician, publisher and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served twice in Congress during two widely separated periods, elected first as a Unionist to the ...

as Young Danny * Tia Rachten as Young Jinx * Kevin Snorteland as Rob * Genevieve Halton as the chain smokin' foul mouthed crack whore * Kyra Kester as

Lauren Bacall Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), professionally known as Lauren Bacall ( ), was an American actress. She was named the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the America ...

Adaptations

In 2004,

Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 201 ...

signed on to produce and star in a film adapted from ''Jinx'' for

Universal Pictures Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal Ci ...

. On February 27, 2024, Bendis agreed to executive produce the television series for

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with

Michael Chabon Michael Chabon ( ; born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, ...

and

Ayelet Waldman Ayelet Waldman (; born December 11, 1964) is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series ''The Mommy-Track Mysteries'' and four other novels. She has also written autobiographical essays about mot ...

as the showrunners.

References

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* * Comics characters introduced in 1995 Comics by Brian Michael Bendis Image Comics titles 1995 comics debuts Image Comics female characters Crime comics {{Image-Comics-stub