First Look: Pierce The Veil Of Barry Gifford’s Neo-Noir Classic With ‘Night People’

Oni Press has unveiled a first look inside Night People #1, the first issue of the new series from literary icon Barry Gifford, as adapted by writer Chris Condon and artist Brian Level.

Night People is based on the follow-up to Gifford’s novel Wild at Heart, following a fascinating and fully realized cast of outsiders, loners, and lost souls through four interlocking narratives. They travel a path of intoxication, lust, and spontaneous violence from New Orleans to Egypt City, Florida, and back again.

In our first tale of desperation, fanaticism, and murder, two ex-convicts, the inseparable lovers Big Betty Stalcup and Miss Cutie Early, are out on parole using their newfound freedom to purify the world of men’s evil influence . . . leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in their wake. 

As the psychotic dimensions of their star-crossed romance—and the twisting paths that led them to their fateful meeting at the Fort Sumatra Detention Center for Wayward Women—come into full view, their experiment in righteousness culminates in the kidnapping of Rollo Lamar, a kindly attorney whom Betty and Cutie abduct just to see if they can reeducate at least one man on the planet before the demise of civilization.

Pairing Condon with a different acclaimed artist on each of the series’ 30-page issues, beginning with Level and followed by Alexandre Tefengki, Artyom Topilin, and Marco Finnegan, Night People’s debut features covers by a lineup of artists including J.H. Williams III, Joëlle Jones, and Jacob Phillips. 

For some people, it’s always midnight. . . . Join them to travel down an interstate of dark elusive dreams when Night People #1 debuts in comic shops on March 6, 2024. 

Check out the first look preview pages below: