SHOPLIFTERS WILL BE LIQUIDATED, New Series Dropping at AfterShock
July 28, 2019A new series from AfterShock will make you think twice about that ‘five-finger discount’, which the concept by the publisher was dubbed as, ‘Judge Dredd working for Amazon.’
The creative team of Patrick Kindlon and Stefano Simeone are set to helm the miniseries, which will take place in the future and allow for retail staffs to counter profit and product loss by any means possible. The series will center on Nussbaum, a security officer, who stumbles upon a second society living underneath the retailer where he is employed. He will ultimately come to realize that there are two sides to every story as his moral compass will most assuredly be tested.
“In this hyper-capitalist future, a job in loss prevention is the closest a man can get to judge, jury and executioner,” Kindlon said. “Nussbaum takes his position seriously and, when he finds an underground society living outside corporate oversight, his only instinct is destroy! This book feels timely without being forced commentary. A recipe for great sci-fi.”
Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated #1 is set for an October 9 release and will feature a variant cover by Antonio Fuso.
What do you think, does AfterShock continue to ‘Shatter Expectations’? What do you think of the concept of a retail version of Judge Dredd? Bark at us in the comments!
Click HERE for the official release, including a first-look at the Cover B variant for the first issue and interiors, from The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the story.
