Hickman And Dragotta’s ‘East Of West’ To Be Publsihed As A Compendium Collection By Image Comics.

Writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Nick Dragotta’s East of West is to be collected into one mammoth paperback compendium in February 2025 from Image Comics. The East of West: The End Times compendium edition will collect all ten volumes as well as a new cover art by Dragotta.

A hybrid western/sci-fi saga East of West first launched in 2013 with the series having sold over 1.5 million copies across all formats and has been translated into multiple languages. Heere’s the synopsis:

“East of West is a Dystopian, speculative history story—similar in approach to Phillip K. Dick’s The Man in High Castle—but imagines a future United States in 2064 that follows an alternate timeline wherein the Civil War never ended. In it, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and the best hope for life, lies in Death.”

Speaking of his collaboration with Dragotta, Hickman stated:

“I knew from the first time I worked with Nick that we were creatively simpatico, but asEast of West unfolded, I think we both were surprised and delighted at just how magical the book became. The bones of the story are pure nostalgia, but its themes are timeless and its view of the world is prescient and more relevant than ever. We’ve both done some pretty work, but this just might be our best.”

Dragotta added:

“Working with Jonathan Hickman on East of West was complete freedom and where I found myself as an artist. Collected together for the first time I can see the evolution of my own work, along with my partners in design; Jon, Frank Martin Jr. and Rus Wooton. It’s a story that’s as relevant as when we told it and still looks cool as hell.”

The East of West: The End Times Compendium will be out in comic book shops on Wednesday, February 19 and book stores on Tuesday, March 4 from Image Comics.