The masterful saga of art, crime, loyalty, and passion by NYT bestselling, Peabody, and multi-Eisner award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis (Superman) and superstar Jessica Jones co-creator Michael Gaydos continues!Pearl Tanaka’s boss, the malevolent Mr. Miike, used to think that she was merely a highly successful tattoo artist. But now that he knows about her gift for killing, he wants to put her deadly talents to use in service of his criminal empire. Pearl, however, has just learned some very interesting things about her late motherand now she has a completely different career path in mind.As she travels to Japan to uncover the secrets of her heritage, Pearl hopes that by confronting Mr. Miike’s boss on his home turf she can get her father freed from jail, keep her fellow tattoo artist and wannabe boyfriend Rick Araki safe, and take control of her destiny for the very first time. It doesn’t work out the way she planned…Collects Pearl #7-12.
About Artists & Writers:
Brian Michael Bendis is anAmericancomic bookwriter and artist. He has won fiveEisner Awardsfor both his creator-owned work and his work on variousMarvel Comicsbooks. Starting withcrimeandnoircomics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstreamsuperherowork. WithBill JemasandMark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of theUltimate MarvelUniverse, launching Ultimate Spider-Man in 2000. He relaunched theAvengersfranchise with New Avengers in 2004, and has also written the Marvel “event” storylines “Secret War” (20042005), “House of M” (2005), “Secret Invasion” (2008), “Siege” (2010) and “Age of Ultron” (2013). In addition to writing comics, Brendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on Graphic Novels atUniversity of OregonandPortland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, a book about comics published byRandom House.