Hip Flask Comes Full Circle

Ladrönn has won an Eisner for his artwork in Hip Flask: Mystery City. That's quite an achievement in and of itself and it surely played a role in one of his next gigs. That gig is illustrating the penultimate issue of Richard Starkings' Hip Flask series in Hip Flask: Ouroborous.

"Call me a numbskull," said Starkings, "but I figured readers need more bang for their buck, not less."

As a bonus, the price of the book has been decreased from $5.99 to $4.99. It tells the story of the eponymous anthropomorphic hippopotamus, an information agent in a dystopian future where human-animal hybrids, created as implements of war, struggle to be accepted into society.

The book will hit stores December 26.

Full press release below.

HIP FLASK COMES FULL CIRCLE Price drop on penultimate Starkings-Ladrönn collaboration Ladrönn has returned to HIP FLASK to illustrate the penultimate issue of Richard Starkings' acclaimed series. Ladrönn won an Eisner for his artwork in HIP FLASK: MYSTERY CITY, and he and Starkings returns with a lush, beautiful story about redemption and love, OUROBOROUS.  And, as a bonus, the price of HIP FLASK: OUROBOROUS has been decreased — from $5.99 to $4.99! It's a Christmas miracle, and is it any surprise that it comes from the genial, white-bearded Starkings? "Call me a numbskull," said Starkings, "but I figured readers need more bang for their buck, not less." HIP FLASK tells the story of the eponymous anthropomorphic hippopotamus, an information agent in a dystopian future where human-animal hybrids, created as implements of war, struggle to be accepted into society. A series of extra-long issues, HIP FLASK is set in the same universe as Starkings' beloved series ELEPHANTMEN. HIP FLASK will be in stores on December 26! An interview with creator Richard Starkings, who is also the founder of the graphic design and lettering company Comicraft, about the art and design in OURORBOROUS was published at Multiversity Comics on December 24. ABOUT IMAGE COMICS Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.