''Turf'' is a five-issue
comic book
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, written by
Jonathan Ross
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,
illustrated by
Tommy Lee Edwards
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Career
As well as comic-related work he has also worked on film projects ...
and published by American company
Image Comics
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. It was later serialised in ''
CLiNT'', before being
collected.
Plot summary
The narrative is set in 1920s
Prohibition
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-era New York and features period typical gangsters alongside vampires and aliens. Ross himself, describes the comic as "An intelligent popcorn movie. lots of action, lots of setting, lots of cool ideas, but with an emotional heart to it".
Reception
The first 20,000 copies of issue 1 sold out on pre-orders alone. In interview, Ross has said that he intends the mini-series to run for five issues, eventually being released in a hardback collection and potentially a film adaptation, to be made by
Matthew Vaughn
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.
Film adaptation
In 2011, Benderspink has optioned a film adaptation of Turf.
Collected editions
The series was collected into a
single volume:
*''Turf'' (180 pages, hardcover, Images Comics, August 2011, ,
Titan Books
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, September 2011, )
References
Sources
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External links
*{{Cite news , first=James , last=Smart , url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/15/turf-jonathan-ross-tommylee-edwards-review , title=Turf by Jonathan Ross & Tommy Lee Edwards – review , work=
The Guardian
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, date=15 September 2011
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