A new Image Comics series which brings together writer Matt Fraction (Satellite Sam) and artist Chip Zdarsky provides a new twist to the term sex crimes.
Suzie has a secret. When she has sex, she stops time. She’s alone with this secret until she meets John, a young man with the same “gift.” Suzie and John embark on a journey of self-discovery, intimacy, and... well, actually, they do what every time-stops-when-you-have-sex couple would do: They rob banks.
“What is comics' The Apartment? What is comics' Some Like It Hot? It doesn’t exist,” stated Fraction to MTV Geek at Image Expo 2013. “I love the genre in another medium, but it seemed like a completely virgin territory, no pun intended.” When discussing the comedy project, Zdarsky remarked, “I'm trying to make pages feel like candy, so you want to eat them, but also maybe sleep with them? I wanted it to look as fun as it sounds: a bright, punchy book. ‘Adult’ is too synonymous with ‘dark’ in comics and I think Matt and I want to make sex fun again ... in the book ... just ... just in the book. Sex should be dark drudgery in real life."
Sex Criminals #1arrives on September 4, 2013 and is currently available to be pre-ordered from the July issue of Previews.