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Story by Jay Faerber
Art & Cover by Koray Kuranel letters by Charles Pritchett
IMAGE COMICS, INC. -.1IHo ...... C>'IIof ..... O(k", _ E... 1.> ...... <:I'iOI -....._ -.80_T..... M PO IN TOF IMPACT .1 (01 .). f irst printing. Oclober 2012 . Publ ls~e d by Image Comics. Inc. Othel of publication : 2134 Allston Way. 2nd Floor, Berkel.y. CA 94704. Copyr ight 0 2012 Jay Faerber I; Koray Kuranel. All rlghU luelYed. POINT OF IMPACT (Including all prom inent characters lutured hertlnl.lts logo . and the likenesns of all chlle!ers herein are trademarks of Jay Fae/h, I; KOlay KuuRe! or used by permission, unltss otherwise noted. Image Comics and Il$lain are .ealslered Irademarh of Image Com ics, Inc . No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted. In any 101m 01 by any muns (ncept for short ncerpls for review purposes). without the e.press wr itten perm issio n of Jay Faerber. KorJY Kuruel. or Image COmics . Inc. Ali names . cbaracters. events and locales In tbls publication are entirel, fictional. Any resemblance to actnl persons (lMng or dud). events or places. wllhout satir ic Inlent . Is coincidental. Printed In the U.S.A. For Information regarding the CPsrA on th is printed material call: 203-595-3636 and provide reference It RICH - 454186. For In ternational licensing Inquiries. write to: forelgnllcensl [email protected] YEAH. PROSASI.Y. OKAY, 50 ... I 6UE% I 5HOUi-O DID YOU ... WANNA GO IN. MAYBE HAVE DINNER ON 5ATURDAY'? -.---~---- - ~ ------" - . ~ = . . T> .~ o •• . , • .", , .• :J'eSUS Cl-lflfST! ) 6O~OW l.ATE WAS HE? THE GUY ~OR THE WEINSTEIN PIECE? TJ..IREE FUCKING HOURS. 60 NOW I'VE GOTTA STAY l.ATE TONIGi-lT :rU5T TO PUT THIS PIECE TO BED. WHU ...E YOUR BEAUTIFUL. YOUNG WIFE !-lAS DINNER WAITIN6 AT HOME, EH, MITCW. - -- _. YEAH, RIGHT, CARL. NICOlE 1-lA5N'T COOKED A DAY IN -:-:::;,;(..IER LIFE. 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CALL:. :r:~ :.!....!....!.:L..!.....!...... J YOU WOUND MS. OF COUR5£E WE TRACED CALLER WAS A 1--... TI-lE CAL-I... PATRICK BOON(E. ~E'5 EX-MIL.ITARY, AND 1-lE'5 GOT A 5I-lEET. YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO TAI..K TO THIS GUY. ~ .-'1 eND PART ONe. " One of my favorite short·lived shows is The early episodes of t he show leaned on network television, Yost and his Boomtown, which lasted a little over pretty heavily on the "multiple POV" writers were constantly being asked to one season on NBC from 2002·2004. approach, with stories frequently make it more of an easy·to·fo llow Created by Graham Yost (who is sta rting in m edia res, and events airing procedural. So when t he show was currently working on another fantastic out of order. It wasn't until the end of picked up fo r a second season, there series, Justified), the show is t he episode t hat you'd get the whole were some element s t hat had to be essentially a crime procedural, but pict ure of w hat actually happened. As revamped. with a unique twist·· it employs a t he season progressed, t his approach Rashomon·like multiple POV format. was toned down. Sto ri es still fea t ured Andrea Little, t he reporter, was gone, Set in Los Angeles, Boomtown follows mult iple POVs, but the stories and was never mentioned again. cops, attorneys, reporters, paramedics, themselves unfolded in a more linear Teresa, t he paramedic, m akes a ca reer and even criminals, and each story is fashion. change and enrolls in the police told from all of their points-of-view. academy. Had the show cont inued, she Boomtown's pilot was strong, and it just would've presumably become a cop. But here's t he t hing -- t he show's got better from there. "Possession" Vanessa Williams joined t he cast as Det. gimmick is entirely unnecessary. What made good use of t he "multiple POV" Katherine Pierce, who supervises t he makes the show so great is the format for some nice misdirection. Detectives. By this point, the show had characters (and the actors portraying "Reelin' in the Years" is a great story all but abandoned the "multiple POV" t hem ),all of whom are incredib ly well· about an old crime involving Officer fo rmat. Scenes would still be told from developed and nuanced. Tom Turcotte's father. OOA McNorris is a particular character's POV, but only in the show's breakout character, in my t he broadest sense. And t he sto ries The cast is led by Joel Stevens (played opinion, and Neal McDonough shows t hemselves were st rict ly linear. by Donnie Walhberg), the self·righteous us why in "The David McNorris Show" and apparent ly·f1 awless detective who and "Blackout," two episodes t hat Despite these changes, the second hides t he fact t hat his marriage is a spot light McNorris. "Insured by Smith & season (which only lasted six episodes) w reck. He finds him self increasingly Wesson" featured Officer Ray Hechler in was st ill impressive. The second season drawn to paramedic Teresa Ortiz (Lana the middle of a hostage situation. What premiere, "Fo r Love of Money," Parrilla). Joel's partner is "Fearless" makes t his episode stand out was the introduced William s as Det. Pierce, and Bobby Smit h (Mykelt i Will iam son),a cool stunt cast ing of Joe Penny as a t he second episode, "Inadmissable," detective and Gu lfWar vet who lives in former 80s TV star who gets caught up feat ured a g reat appearance by Stacey a seedy m otel and is constant ly in the crime. You may know t hat Penny Keach as DDA McNorris's (ather, in checking things off his list of t hings he co-starred in Riptide, a quint essential whose shadow McNo rris lived for the wants to d o before he dies. David 80s TV series, and t his episode of whole first season. "Wannabe" is a McNorris (Neal McDonough) is an Boomtown actually used footage from pretty neat story about t hieves who alcoholic Deputy District Attorney Riptide to show Penny's cha racter's fall pose as cops. who's cheat ing on his wife with from g race. invest igat ive reporter Andrea Li ttle I had the pleasure of working wit h (Nina Garbiras). The two uniformed In "Execution," DDA McNorris is Boomtown's Director of Photography, cops on the show are Officer Ray summoned to San Quent in by an John Newby, when I was working on Hechler (Gary Basa raba), who McNorris inmate sched uled to be executed t hat Ringer. And believe m e, I talked his ear tried to implicate in a corrupt ion night. This inmate has a message for off about my love of Boomtown. Sad ly, I scandal, and Officer Tom Turcotte (Jason McNorris: if McNorris can't stop the don't have any juicy gossip about the Gedrick), who has had a rival ry wit h Joel execution, the inmate's gang will kill a show. But it sounds like it was a really ever since the academy. cop t hey've abducted. So while (un p lace to work, created by people McNorri s t ries every trick at his d isposa l who rea lly loved what they were doing. Pretty much every member of t he cast to get pri son officials to stay the has an interesting backsto ry, and many execution, the cops use various In 2007, series creator Graham Yost of the characters have complex methods to t ry to find the kidnapped lau nched another cop show on NBC histories ·· and conflict s _. with ot her officer. This episode leads direct ly into ca lled Raines, starring Jeff Goldblum. In characters. And what makes these "Storm Watch," where t he entire t he pilot, Mykelt i Williamson had a conflicts so compelling is t hat the show precinct is locked down and Det. Joel ca meo as his Boomtown character, never tells you who's right. For Stevens is put in cha rge of finding the "Fea rless" Bobby Sm ith. Yost also gave instance, we hea r lots of talk about how corrupt cop who helped the gang in the Williamson and Neal McDonough DDA David McNorris implicated Officer previous episode. Actors Donnie prominent recurring roles (playing new Ray Hechler in a police corruptio n Walhberg and Neat McDonough bot h characters, not their Boomtown roles) in scandal, and while Ray was not sta rred in Bond of Brothers, who was t he third season of Justified. successfully prosecuted, it's never produced by Boomtown creator Graham established if he was act ually innocent. Yost, and "Storm Watch" feat ured two The fi rst season o( Boomtown is And the rivalry between Det. Joel more BoB actors, Rick Gomez and Frank available on a nice DVD set (wit h Stevens and Officer Tom Turcotte is John Hughes. commentaries and fea t urettes), but t he equally fascinating. We get that t hey six·episode second season has never went to t he academy together, and Boomtown received lot s of crit ical been released in English (there is a since then Joel has risen to t he rank of acclaim, but struggled in t he ratings. French DVD re lease of t he complete Detect ive, while Tom is still in uniform. Frankly, it 's probably the kind of show series). I hig hly recommend it. We get t hat Joel considers Tom kind of t hat would've fa red better on cable. But an underachiever, and Tom considers Joel condescending. And t he way the characters are presented, we can see how they each feel t hat way. We never rea lly sense the writer's thumb on t he "ONE OF MY FAVORIlE SHORl-lIVED SHOWS IS BOOMlOWN ..." scale, telling us how to feel about a certain character. _. OTH 1229 YOUR TICKDS AT www.newyorkcomiccon.com Tho __ ~Coo""'._"""""·_C>201J _E.,,_ n.oG<.-J>oot«.. "",, 0:0': __ .... '1',.. ,,_ ,...,"" ...... 0:10'2 ,.,to, l\iNIwI.llC .... """'._ .... eo-:OIIoncI ...... 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In addition to his Image work, he's drawn everything from Conon to X-Men Charlie Sheen. just so I'd know whot il feels - and he's the co-creator of Wilchb/ode like 10 be a complete A·hole. and The Darkness - but this month, he's celebrating his, Imoge's, and Top Cow's 20th anniversaries by returning 10 his rools on the My wife Bridget and my d ogs Monkey cnd all-new Cyber Forcel Pic Ides. A total redo of CYBER FORCE. And because o f thol l'm hoving more lun than anyone I know. An ivy plant in my c fflce to which I added lake extensions (don't ask for more clarification). Being able to redo CYBER FORCE and knowing thai nobody can lell me thai I can't. And Ihe reason I can do this is because Ws My wile and dogs. Sou lh Park. . and internet Image damnit, trolls. Nothing worth menlioning. All the awesome The IMAX theater at Universal Studios. cancels out any complaints. Down-Iempo chill while I'm working. My cousin was/is a huge cOllector. When I was Otherwise Ws alternative rock. a kid I'd hang out at his house and c heck out all the cool Kirby, Wrighlson, and Buscema shit. Farbidden Planet/ Alien lOr. Strange/ave. Bridget I Monkey I Pickles. Not having fun. Do what makes you happy and regardless of the level of success, you have already I hod a Ion lell me thai reading my comics succeeded. got him through a time in his lile thai was so bad he hod 1051 hope. He gal better. got a job, and married. He then introduced me to his son and laid me they read comics When my wile wenl in for a bioPSY. together. Conversely. when all the tests came back negative il was one of my happiest moments. Fronk Frozetta, John Buscema. and Bernie wrightson. Anderson Cooper. guy seems legil. The Darl::ness, Here Comes Tomorrow with The continued and well-deserved rise Grant Morrison. and whal we've done with 01 Image Comics. Image's success and the new CYBER FORCE! 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