Martin Simmonds – illustratör

For the first time since the Department of Truth was founded, its highest official just revealed the whole, sordid history to a journalist—a journalist who happens to be agent Cole Turner’s husband.Can their relationship survive the cold, hard facts? And will it all be for nothing once Black Hat mounts their counter-offensive to the DoT’s riskiest gamble yet? ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: High school outcast Frank is addicted to finding the darkest corners of the internet. But now those dark corners are reaching through the screen with very long fingers and very sharp teeth… BEWARE THE HAT MAN. Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (W0RLDTR33, The Nice House on the Lake) and Eisner Award-nominated artist MARTIN SIMMONDS (UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: DRACULA) test the limit of the written word, while fan-favorite artist LETIZIA CADONICI (House of Slaughter) joins for DoT’s pitch-black spin on CreepyPasta. Collects issues #28-33

Confronted with an enemy intent on exposing their secrets to the world, the Department of Truth made a shocking choice—go public first. But to understand Lee Harvey Oswald’s risky gambit, we have to return to where it all started: Dallas, 1963, as President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade passed the grassy knoll…and a woman in red with X’s for eyes picked up a rifle in the window of the Texas Book Depository.  ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: Marilyn Monroe’s life was stranger than fiction. So strange that she may have slipped out of reality herself. Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (W0RLDTR33, The Nice House on the Lake) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Martin Simmonds (Universal Monsters: Dracula) reveal the truth behind the shot heard around the world, while acclaimed artist Alison Sampson (Sleeping Beauties) joins for a very special tale about a uniquely American icon.

Eisner Award-nominated author Tyler Boss and acclaimed artist MARTIN SIMMONDS unmask the iconic monster with their haunting take on THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.THE HORRIFYING NEW VISION OF THE STORY YOU ONLY THINK YOU KNOW!  After a series of violent crimes wracks the Paris Opera House, Christine Dubois’s career is in chaos. But the show must go on, and Christine will discover that no one—especially the mysterious voice whispering from the eaves—is what they seem.   As an old friend returns to investigate these surprising attacks, Christine will find out there's no escaping... THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.  The superstar team of Tyler Boss (You’ll Do Bad Things) and Martin Simmonds (Department of Truth) presents the shocking new horror series of 2026 that will thrill Phantom of the Opera fans new and old with a twist no one will see coming!    Collects Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #1-4.

"A new day has dawned at the Department of Truth. Lee Harvey Oswald and his ruthless new recruits are ready to do whatever it takes to make the agency great again. Now, Cole Turner is on the run—and he may have nowhere left to turn except for Black Hat, the counter-agency that’s been trying to recruit him since the very beginning…ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: critically acclaimed artist Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) joins the series to reveal the shockingly primeval origin of gun-toting, Bible-quoting new agent Charity Sinclair.Collects issues #0 & #34-38."

Some fictions manifest in reality as dangerous, half-formed things. The Department of Truth relies on hunters to track down and contain these wild tulpas before they become too real. In these case files from the Department of Truth Field Office, discover the truths, hoaxes, and lore of some of the most dangerous cryptids the rangers have ever catalogued.  Designed as in-world reports on beings like Mothman, Bigfoot, the Flatwoods Monster, and more, each entry features stunning art from some of the most renowned illustrators in comics, including James Stokoe, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yuko Shimuzu, Erica Henderson, DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH co-creator Martin Simmonds, and more.  Collects THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH: WILD FICTIONS entries, as well as exclusive additional materials from the acclaimed series by multiple Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (W0RLDTR33, The Nice House on the Lake) and acclaimed artist Martin Simmonds.

W. MAXWELL PRINCE (ICE CREAM MAN) continues to push the comics envelope with SWAN SONGS—a moving, multi-artist anthology that explores the way things END…and also how they never really do.   The End of the World.  The End of a Marriage.  The End of Eden.  The End of a Sentence. The End of Anhedonia.  …even The End of the Sidewalk! And along for the terminal ride are some of the industry’s best, brightest artists!  Martin Simmonds (DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH), Caspar Wijngaard (HOMESICK PILOTS), Filipe Andrade (The Many Deaths of Laila Starr), Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer), Alex Eckman-Lawn (renowned collage master), and Martín Morazzo (ICE CREAM MAN) each contribute a chapter in their respective (and beloved) styles, resulting in a stunning melange of powerful stories that weave their way through death, love, divorce, crime, therapy, and language itself. All things come to a close; these are the SWAN SONGS.  Collects SWAN SONGS #1-6

The taboo-smashing epic of sex, death and superpowers is back for an unforgettable second chapter! The G-Plus virus, which grants people superpowers but six months to live, is spreading through the world's populace faster than ever...Can a cure for G-Plus be found before their time runs out?! nVivid characters, stunning artwork, a real-world feel and knife-sharp dialogue all combine into an unforgettable package

Collected together for the first time, all three volumes of the irreverent, no-holds-barred graphic novel about an STI that grants superpowers at a cost of only 6 months to live... SEX, SUPERPOWERS AND SIX MONTHS TO LIVE!Verity: frustrated artist. Weasel: struggling guitarist. Monty: rogue media icon. Three people infected with the G+ virus, which grants them incredible powers - but will kill them in six months! Will they fade away - or go out in a blaze of glory? From the streets of London to the North Atlantic, from muses lost to futures thrown away - Death Sentence is the jaw-dropping next step in superpowered storytelling! Funny, fearless and frightening, this collection of the hit series is an unforgettable comics debut.More than any other series Death Sentence predicted the world we now live in, one of the reasons it was named Dreamcage Comic of the Decade (beating Umbrella Academy into second place). Work is underway to turn the comic into a major TV series, but nothing beats the magic of reading the original comics first.This incredible collection sees all three graphic novels brought together for the first time in marvellous mayhem!