At the apex of the gaping maw of the void that looms over our ultimate volume of sci-fi spectacle (for now): Eisner Award–winning superstar Greg Smallwood (The Human Target, Moon Knight) writes and illustrates his first cataclysmic cosmic contribution to the Cruel Universe canon, as irradiated writers Julio Anta (Frontera), Melissa Flores (Power Rangers Prime), Jeff Jensen (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Liam Johnson (Judge Dredd Megazine), Anthony Mauro (Skull Maskerade), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), and more join atomically annihilated artists Felipe Cunha (Little Black Book), Daniel Gete (Skin Police), Kishore Mohan (The Picture of Everything Else), Jordi Tarragona (Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps), and more to place their bets on heat death or big freeze as the galaxy prepares to collapse inward on itself. Here at EC Comics we say . . . why not both?!
Collecting Cruel Universe 2 #9–12
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Greg Pak
Greg Pak is an award-winning Korean American writer and director best known for writing over six hundred comic books, including series like Planet Hulk, Darth Vader, Mech Cadet Yu, and Ronin Island and Sam Wilson: Captain America (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel Comics and Lawful for BOOM! Studios. His non-comics work includes the feature film Robot Stories, the children’s book The Princess Who Saved Herself, the illustrated poetry book I Belong to You / Motherland, and the how-to book/memoirs Cooking Will Break Your Heart and 35mm Love Letter.
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Greg Smallwood
Greg Smallwood is a comic book artist who made his debut in 2013 with the award-winning series, Dream Thief, a supernatural noir he co-created with Bram Stoker award winner Jai Nitz. In 2014 he began a long run as artist on Marvel’s Moon Knight, working with Eisner Award winners Brian Wood and Jeff Lemire. For his work on the series, Smallwood won the 2015 Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2018 he made his writing debut on the critically acclaimed Vampironica for Archie Comics, and his art on the series won the National Cartoonist Society Comic Books Award that same year. In addition to his interior art, he is also a prolific cover artist, known for his work on The Punisher, The Archies, and Star Wars.
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David Rubín
David Rubín is a Spanish cartoonist born in Ourense, Galicia, in 1977. He’s the visionary creator behind The Hero, co-creator and illustrator on Ether with Matt Kindt, Cosmic Detective with Matt Kindt and Jeff Lemire, Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West with Paul Pope and J.T. Petty, Rumble with John Arcudi, the Eisner-nominated Beowulf graphic novel with Santiago García, and Grand Hotel Abyss with Marcos Prior, among others. Rubín lives in a town close to Madrid, Spain, with his family and a dog.
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