Rob Williams heads up 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Purgatory'

After successfully being published as a six-issue US-format mini-series earlier this year, THE GRIEVOUS JOURNEY OF ICHABOD AZRAEL (AND THE DEAD LEFT IN HIS WAKE), will be released in a paperback collection that will be published simultaneously in the UK and North America on the 4th December 2015, as 2000 AD pushes on with it's commitment to bring the very best to both markets. This trans-Atlantic graphic novel release is 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Purgatory... His name is Ichabod and he is a killer, but his death, for he must die, is only the beginning of his story.

What is THE GRIEVOUS JOURNEY OF ICHABOD AZRAEL (AND THE DEAD LEFT IN HIS WAKE)?

Quite simply it is a bloody, romantic, supernatural meta-Western from one of 2000 AD's best writers, Rob Williams. With a mixture of atmospheric black and white art, and spot colours, the series caused a sensation amongst fans when it debuted in 2010.

After being murdered by the dread hand of forces he does not understand, Ichabod vows to kill his way out of the afterlife and return to the living lands of colour. No one's ever done it before. But no one's ever been as mean a killer as Ichabod before. After not only finding the forces of Heaven, Hell, and nature itself ranged against but also some unlikely allies, Ichabod continues his single-minded quest to return to the world of the living - but is he chasing a dream?

Who is part of the creative team for this magnificent story?

Rob Williams broke into comics with his darkly cynical superhero series Cla$$war for Com.X before going on to work for Marvel on The Iron Age and Ghost Rider, and The Royals: Masters of War for Vertigo. He created the 2000 AD undercover Judges series Low Life and the wildly popular character Dirty Frank as well as the groundbreaking Judge Dredd: Trifecta crossover with Simon Spurrier and Al Ewing. His new Vertigo series Unfollow has just been optioned for a TV show with ABC.

Dom Reardon is a fan favourite artist at 2000 AD for his work on Caballistics Inc. He also drew the adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Raven’s Gate novel and is a cover artist on Dynamite’s James Bond series.

Michael Dowling is a breakthrough talent who made a name for himself drawing Death Sentence from Titan Comics and Judge Anderson for the Judge Dredd Megazine. His new Vertigo series Unfollow has just been optioned for a TV show with ABC.

Antonion Fuso drew Vertigo’s adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, as well as IDW’s G.I. Joe and Zombies vs Robots.

Peter Doherty is best known for his work on Judge Dredd, Seaguy for DC, and colouring Geoff Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy.

Annie Parkhouse has been one of the UK’s leading comic book letterers for more than 30 years. An Eagle Award-winner, she worked on Marvelman and is the lead letterer on Judge Dredd.

What does the cover look like so that I know what to look out for?

Don't worry, we have you covered - you will need to deal with the bad pun there, just like we had to deal with the fact that 2000 AD didn't go with the Prog 1901 cover by Nick Percival cover for Ichabod Azrael.