The Couriers

For other uses, see Courier (disambiguation).
The Couriers
Created byBrian Wood
Rob G.
Publication information
PublisherAiT/Planet Lar
ScheduleYearly
Title(s)The Couriers
Dirtbike Manifesto
The Ballad of Johnny Funwrecker
FormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a set of graphic novels.
Genre
Publication date2003–2005
Number of issues3
Main character(s)Special
Moustafa
Special
Johnny Funwrecker
Creative team
Writer(s)Brian Wood
Artist(s)Rob G.
Letterer(s)Ryan Yount
Editor(s)Larry Young

The Couriers is a series of graphic novels created and written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Rob G. and published by AiT/Planet Lar.[1]

Publication history

Woods has discussed a fourth volume, saying, in mid-2009:

Rob G and I have an agreement that should The Couriers film ever go into production, we'd be fools not to do a sequel. We've read the film script and it's good, but still no director has been attached, so I think it's a way's off.[2]

Plot

The story depicts the near-future world of New York City where two gun toting couriers deliver questionable goods by questionable means. Very heavily influenced by the Hong Kong style of cinema and Japanese manga style comics, The Couriers is an action driven graphic novel that returns the artform of comic books to its pulp/action oriented stories, albeit with an updated modern feel.

Connections with other comics

Some of the characters first appeared in the Couscous Express. It is also a part of Wood's Channel Zero universe as Jennie 2.5 showed up in the last chapter of the first trade.

Books

The series comprises:

  • The Couriers (88 pages, March 2003, ISBN 1-932051-06-6)
  • Dirtbike Manifesto (88 pages, February 2004, ISBN 1-932051-18-X)
  • The Ballad of Johnny Funwrecker (88 pages, February 2005, ISBN 1-932051-31-7)

Film

It was announced in 2007 that Intrepid Pictures has picked up the option to make a film based on the series, with Javier Grillo-Marxuach pencilled in to write the screenplay.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Arrant, Chris (November 22, 2003). "Brian Wood on Couriers 03". Newsarama. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  2. ^ Siuntres, John (May 27, 2009). "Brian Wood, A Viking's Life In the DMZ". Word Balloon podcast. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  3. ^ Kit, Borys (June 22, 2007). "Intrepid nabs 'Couriers'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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