PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Heartthrob tells a terrific story that is both moving and creepy: a refreshingly difficult protagonist whose situation is literally heart-wrenching, paired with the half-man-half-metaphor who-twice-- offers her a chance for a new life. The setup for adventure is intriguing, and I can't wait to see how the leads' relationship unfolds! - Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages, The Death Defying Doctor Mirage) Heartthrob is a crime romance with a lot of heart. See what I did there? No, seriously: it's great. And from two of today's top talents, you should expect no less. - Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet) HEARTTHROB is the deeply twisted, 100%-fucked up, black-hearted, funny-as-hell, and strong as a motherfucker love story that comics deserves. No one loves you like this, weirdo. DIG IT. - Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals) Crime, romance and open heart surgery. Highly (cardiac) arresting. - Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Phonogram) Heartthrob is yet another terrific example of why Christopher Sebela is such a powerful and exciting voice in comics. A premise that is deceptively simple - even banal - and twisted in the furnace of fevered imagination to be forged into something never seen before - and that you want more of immediately. Wilson, Filardi, and Sebela deliver a ferocious issue one, with the promise of even better to come. - Greg Rucka
