The Boys Artist Returns For Anniversary Cover Inspired By the Amazon Series
With the Amazon adaptation of The Boys reaching it's long-awaited third season, series' artist Darick Robertson is returning to provide an updated cover for the first volume of the notorious comic.
For more than 70 issues, Darick Robertson worked with writer Garth Ennis to create The Boys, a mature superhero deconstruction story. Centered around a clandestine CIA group that observes and responds to illegal superhero (or «Supe») activity, Ennis and Robertson's comic was infamous for its graphic violence and intense commentary on the superhero genre. The Boys gained an even greater audience when it was adapted into a streaming television series for Amazon's Prime service, with actors such as Karl Urban, Jack Quaid and Anthony Starr in its lead roles. The revival of interest in the property has prompted Dynamite Comics to re-release The Boys to give its new audience a chance at exploring the show's source material.
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Now with the third season finally making its way into the homes of fans, Dynamite is capitalizing on the excitement. The official account of The Boys show announced on Twitter that Name of the Game, a collection of the comic book's first six issues, would be getting a new release. In commemoration of the 15th anniversary since the publisher first released Vol. 1, Darick Robertson was brought back in to create a new cover for the trade paperback. The cover also doubles as a bit of promotion for the third season of the Amazon show, with the appearance of each member of the titular Boys based on their live-action counterparts. After the cat was let out of the bag, Darick Robertson took to his own Twitter to provide a more in-depth look at
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