Jordan Raskin Returns to Comics With Industry of War

Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2005
Posted By: Jason Brice

October 6, 2005, Atlanta, GA - In 2004 Jordan Raskin's Industry of War
debuted in two 16-page installments in the back of the Mark Texeira's Image
Comics title, Pscythe, but was never completed. It is currently making the
rounds through Hollywood under the watchful eye of Alien/Total
Recall/Minority Report co-creator, writer and producer, Ron Shusett. Now,
one year later, Raskin and Industry of War are back and will see print this
December from Desperado Publishing.

In Industry of War, two undercover military agents are charged with the
responsibility of hunting down missing malfunctioning experimental weaponry
created for the foot soldier, which mistakenly gets into the hands of the
general public. All hell breaks loose when the agents discover the latest
weapon on their list was programmed with an assassination mission during the
first Gulf War before being shelved for its malfunctioning design. Years
later, it's mistakenly found by a 'reformed' and recently paroled ex-gang
member. Its flawed design drives him insane as it uses him to complete its
long awaited mission while protecting him from various gangs and police who
want him dead. The agents must track him down and stop him, unravel the
details of the assassination plot, while uncovering the conspiracy behind a
gulf war cover up.

Industry of War is a 72-page, black and white graphic novel featuring story
and art by Raskin. The graphic novel contains the first two 16-page preview
stories from Pscythe along with 40 brand new, never-before-seen pages.

"It's been a long time since the first incarnation of Industry of War saw
print, too long, actually," noted Raskin. "But thanks to Desperado, I
finally get the chance to tell the story I've wanted to tell. This graphic
novel is only the beginning of the story and other graphic novels will
follow. A large reason for the delay has been my writing duties for the
screenplay adaptation with Ron Shusett. I fully plan on telling the entire
story in a series of releases which will largely follow the acts of the
script. Each book will be a satisfying read."


Industry of War is still available for order through Diamond by using this
order code: SEP051667

To learn more about Industry of War and other Desperado Publishing series,
log onto: www.desperadopublishing.com

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