Turf (Image Comics)

Turf is a five-issue comic book limited series, written by Jonathan Ross,^[1] illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards^[2] and published by American company Image Comics.^[3] It was later serialised in CLiNT, before being collected.

Turf
Cover of Turf 1 (April 2010), art by Tommy Lee Edwards
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Gothic science fiction
Publication date	April 2010 – June 2011
No. of issues	5
Creative team
Created by	Jonathan Ross Tommy Lee Edwards
Written by	Jonathan Ross
Artist(s)	Tommy Lee Edwards
Letterer(s)	John Workman
Colorist(s)	Tommy Lee Edwards
Editor(s)	John Barber
Collected editions
Hardcover	ISBN 1-60706-400-6

Plot summary

The narrative is set in 1920s Prohibition-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".^[4]

Reception

The first 20,000 copies of issue 1 sold out on pre-orders alone. In interview, Ross said that he intended 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.^[1]

Film adaptation

In 2011, Benderspink has optioned a film adaptation of Turf.^[5]

Collected editions

The series was collected into a single volume:

• Turf (180 pages, hardcover, Images Comics, August 2011, ISBN 1-60706-400-6, Titan Books, September 2011, ISBN 1-84856-895-9)