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Demo by brian wood6/12/2023 “Overall, I do think that NY4 never got a fair shake,” Wood explained via email. But while neither series may have gotten the shake they deserved the first go-round, Portland publisher Dark Horse is looking to right those wrongs. New York Five enjoyed a five issue run and a trade paperback volume in 2011 from Vertigo, another DC imprint devoted to more independent fare. It was popular enough to warrant a sequel, even after Minx’s shuttering. The New York Four (2008) is centered on a quartet of young women who moved to the Big Apple to attend NYU. Perhaps most unjustly buried under Minx’s downfall was New York Four, a title from comcs writer Brian Wood and artist Ryan Kelly, longtime indie collaborators who also produced such acclaimed comics series as DMZ and Local, both done with other publishers. But in retrospect, the names on those Minx graphic novels read like a who’s who of comics creators, including such highly regarded artists as Derek Kirk Kim, Mariko Tamaki and Jim Rugg. Minx closed shop just over a year after launch. It was a bold and laudable creation, but a concept that was also a bit ahead of its time. In 2007, DC Comics launched Minx, an imprint targeted at a wholly underserved segment of the comics market: teenage girls.
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