Vertigo Releases Mad Max Hardcover and Miniseries to Coincide with Film Release in May

By Keith Hendricks • 9 years ago • Movies, Comics

Vertigo announced today its collaboration on two different projects with Mad Max: Fury Road director, producer and co-writer George Miller.

The Deluxe Edition hardcover, Mad Max: Fury Road: Inspired Artists, features sixty-five top artists using double-page spreads to interpert the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Mad Max: Fury Road. Participating artists include Lee Bermejo, Dave McKean, Cliff Chiang, Nicola Scott, Stephanie Hans, Tara McPherson, and others. Mad Max: Fury Road: Inspired Artists hits shelves on May 6th.

The second project is a prequel comic book series by George Miller, film co-writer Nico Lathouris, and film storyboard and concept artist Mark Sexton. This four issue monthly miniseries starts on May 20th, follows four main characters of the film as a prelude to the film’s opening scene, and consists of Mad Max: Fury Road: Nux & Immortan Joe #1; Mad Max: Fury Road: Furiosa #1; and, Mad Max: Fury Road: Mad Max #1 & #2. Interior artists include Riccardo Burchielli, Leandro Fernandez, Tristan Jones, and Mark Sexton, while covers will be illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards.

Mad Max: Fury Road will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, and it arrives in theaters on May 15th. The film stars Tom Hardy, Oscar winner Charlize Theron (“Monster”) Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Josh Helman, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton.