''Pretty, Baby, Machine'' (also known as ''Pretty Baby Machine'') is a three-issue

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written by Clark Westerman with art by

Kody Chamberlain Kody Chamberlain (born December 15, 1972) is an American comic book artist. He was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana and relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana in 1993. Biography Chamberlain started his comic book career with '' Digital Webbing Presents'' i ...

, and released by

Image Comics Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics) ...

through their

ShadowLine Shadowline, Inc., is an imprint of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk. History Shadowline was officially created in December 1992 when the logo first appear ...

studio in 2008. The title refers to the three protagonists:

Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. He was s ...

Baby Face Nelson Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger when he helped Dillinger escape from prison in Crown P ...

, and Machine Gun Kelly.

Plot

In 1933, three famous outlaws come together to fight

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( ; ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American organized crime, gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-foun ...

Adaptation

Landscape Entertainment has acquired the rights to produce a film version., published July 24, 2008 No further progress was made on the project and is presumably canceled.

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