black summer

Da mente genial (e doentia) de Warren Ellis, surge Black Summer. Com lançamento previsto pela Avatar, em Junho, esta série promete ser no mínimo polémica...

E porquê?

«BLACK SUMMER is about the final question of superhero fiction: where does a self-identified superhero draw the line at fighting crime?
(...)where do you draw the line at defining a criminal? Where do you draw the line at pursuing a criminal act? If your ethical compulsion is to step outside the system of law to prosecute or avenge crime -- what do you do in a country where your President can be said to have perpetrated an illegal war that's claimed thousands of lives?»

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Entrevista com o autor em: http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=4293

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