The Clowns

by P. Craig Russell (writer, inker), Galen Showman (penciller, letterer), Marc Andreyko (translator)

P. Craig Russell, one of the most celebrated stylists in comics today, teams with rising star Galen Showman (Caliber's Renfield) to adapt one of theatre's greatest tales of betrayal, adultery, and murder. Taken from the Italian opera I Pagliacci, this special one-shot tells the story of a group of traveling performers driven against each other by conflicting desires, leading to a startling and bloody conclusion.

Genres: Comics

32 pages, Paperback

Published April 22, 1998

About the author

Philip Craig Russell was the first mainstream comic book creator to come out as openly gay. Since 1972 his work has won multiple Kirby, Harvey, and Eisner Awards, and Cartoon Crossroads Columbus presented him the Master Cartoonist Award in 2019.