Charles Soule And Ryan Browne’s ‘The Lucky Devils’ #1 Sells Out Triggering A Second Printing
by Olly MacNamee
The Lucky Devils #1 by the Cursed Words creative team of writer Charles Soule and artist Ryan Browne is the latest debut issue from Image Comics that has sold out completely at the distributor level and heading for a second printing. The reprint will feature new cover art by Maria Wolf with colours by Browne.
“The Lucky Devils is a tale of two ordinary, good-hearted, 20-something Chicagoans who begin working with the devils on their shoulders in an attempt to fix their broken lives. It works beyond their wildest dreams, and in time they become two of the most powerful people on earth. While they fully intend to use that influence to make the world a better place, we all know what they say about the road to Hell…
A dark, hilarious satire about the struggle to do good in a world that makes it so easy to be bad, The Lucky Devils is an examination of everything that makes humanity both grand and terrible from two of comics’ most unique storytellers.”
Celebrating this sell out success, Soule stated:
“HELL. YEAH. Ryan and I have been working on The Lucky Devils for well over a year, and to have it finally on the shelves for people to read was a big deal in and of itself—but now to know it’s finding its audience and people are responding to the story… Well, that’s the dream. We’re hugely grateful to all the retailers who ordered the book and pointed their customers toward it, and to everyone who’s been talking up the book since its debut—thank you, thank you, thank you. To anyone who dug issue #1, this is just the beginning, I promise.“
Browne added:
“Trying to follow up a massive hit like Eight Billion Genies seemed like an impossible task, but knew we needed to do it. Over the last year Charles and I revised, changed direction, reversed course, hit the self-destruct button, started from scratch, found inspiration, ate too many ears of corn, cried for help, did the laundry, and then FINALLY settled on idea. Turns out people DO want another heart-breaking story of delightful little creatures messing with humanity!”
The Lucky Devils #1, second printing will be out on Wednesday, February 12th, along with The Lucky Devils #2.
