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Prepare to meet the spy you'll love to hate... Basildon,
Charles Basildon...
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Comic Announced
17th October 2003
Enjoying popularity in the 1960's through
the Daily Express and Daily Star newspapers, comics are the
often ignored
aspect to the Bond franchise in today's era of $100m budget
films.
Following the recent resurgence in comic books and
the spate of movie franchises breathing life into the
pages, it is not surprising that the spy image will
be returning
to the format again.
US comic house CrossGen have just announced a new stand-alone
adventure series scheduled to launch with issue #1 in January
2004.
Although not officially linked with Bond or using any
of the stories, characters or trademarks movie goers have
all come to know, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" creates
a new spy we will all love to hate.
Right: A bevy of familiar looking beauties
surround Charles Basildon (below), the latest MI6 agent to
take on the world. |
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Surrounded by the political, cultural and sexual revolutions
of London in the swinging '60s, three MI6 agents fight
for the safety of the globe - and scheme to claim the UK's
#1 espionage job. In a twist similar to the 1967 spoof
Bond film "Casino Royale", the main character's
name is simply a moniker for a series of agents who have
fought villains over the years.
The new monthly title shines the spotlight on the world's
top agent, Sir Charles Basildon of Her Majesty's Secret
Service. While no one within the international espionage
community knows what Basildon actually looks like, the
mere mention of his name is enough to terrify spymasters
from Moscow to Beijing. In truth, Basildon is merely an
identity cooked up by MI6 and passed on from one agent
to the next. But times are changing, and that's where the
series takes a wicked zigzag.
As the story opens, not only is the next Basildon-in-training
a "Yank"...but she's also a woman. Can Stephanie
Shelley, a thoroughly modern American, live up to the role
of the legendary British super spy? And can she bear to
learn the ropes from the current Sir Charles - the most
lethal, infuriating, and unrepentantly sexist Basildon
ever? |
"Over-the-top in its humor and action, KISS KISS
BANG BANG asks 'what would a spy like James Bond be like
in the real world?'" writer Tony Bedard stated. "If
you actually met him, some might see Basildon as a smooth
operator. Then again, you might think he's an amoral adrenaline
junkie and a sociopathic sexual predator. Whichever you
decide, he's a loose cannon who frequently holds the fate
of the Free World in his butt-slapping hands."
"We're going for all-out excitement, exotic locales
and expectant character interaction - while also exploring
the sexual politics of the age," penciler Mike Perkins
revealed. "As a life-long espionage fan, this is the
perfect chance to draw everything from groovy fashion and
exotic locales to retro-future gadgets and sexy agents
of the crown. Everything you want to put into a book like
this - and everything that people want to see - will be
there...and then we'll add that extra bit, just to confound
your expectations and put your knickers in a twist."
Right: American Stephanie
Shelley is the next in line to take
over the Basildon identity. |
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MI6 Briefing
Title: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Publisher: CrossGen
Released: Issue #1 January 2004
Writer: Tony Bedard
Penciler: Mike Perkins
Colorist: Laura Villari
Inker: Andrew Hennessy
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