{"id":8594,"date":"2013-05-28T01:49:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T05:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2013-05-28T01:49:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T05:49:48","slug":"hard-copy-sinister-dexter-comes-to-idw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: SINISTER DEXTER Comes to IDW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced today that the exploits of 2000 AD\u2019s Finnigan<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Sinister-Dexter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8595\" style=\"width: 260px;\" alt=\"Sinister Dexter\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Sinister-Dexter.jpg\" width=\"627\" height=\"770\" \/><\/a> &#8220;Finny&#8221; Sinister<br \/>\nand Ramone &#8220;Ray&#8221; Dexter will be hitting American shores when the long-running<br \/>\nworld of <strong>SINISTER DEXTER<\/strong> is reprinted by IDW in 2014!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The pair of futuristic \u201cgun sharks\u201d\u2014read: hit men\u2014will be roaring<br \/>\nin hot from Downlode, the European mega-city they call home, and they\u2019ll be<br \/>\nbringing an unbelievable cast of characters with them! From the original stories<br \/>\nwritten by <strong>Dan Abnett<\/strong> and drawn by <strong>Andy Clarke<\/strong>, <strong>SINISTER DEXTER<\/strong> chronicles a vibrant, madcap world of futuristic intrigue and action. Deadly ninjas, acrobatic flying car<br \/>\nchases, shape-shifting robot assassins, a devious Yakuza? All in a day\u2019s work,<br \/>\ndear reader. All in a day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;\u201dWith its deft mix of black comedy and gritty urban action, the exploits of <strong>Sinister Dexter<\/strong> have remained a popular mainstay in 2000 AD for the past 17 years,\u201d said 2000 AD\u2019s Editor-in-Chief <strong>Matt Smith<\/strong>. \u201cWith IDW reprinting a selection of their tales, I hope a whole new audience is going to enjoy meeting the gun-lovin&#8217; criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to expand our relationship 2000 AD,\u201d said Chris Ryall, IDW\u2019s Chief Creative Officer\/Editor-in-Chief. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pleasure working with the guys there, and even moreso because the books that we\u2019re producing together are such fun things to expose to this market in an even grander way. <strong>Abnett<\/strong> and <strong>Clarke\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Sinister Dexter<\/strong> stories are gritty, crazy, and action-packed bursts of adrenaline and I can\u2019t wait to set them loose among American comic readers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIDW have demonstrated a real passion for 2000 AD\u2019s stories and we\u2019re delighted to develop our relationship with them further,\u201d said <strong>Ben Smith<\/strong>, Publishing Manager for 2000 AD and Rebellion. \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see the amazing work of two such significant creators as <strong>Dan<\/strong> and <strong>Andy<\/strong> set to reach even more readers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While specific plans have yet to be announced, it\u2019s certain that between the thousands of pages of explosively excellent material, there are more than a few worthwhile collections to be had!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced today that the exploits of 2000 AD\u2019s Finnigan &#8220;Finny&#8221; Sinister and Ramone &#8220;Ray&#8221; Dexter will be hitting American shores when the long-running world of SINISTER DEXTER is reprinted by IDW in 2014!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1097,2805,88,2804,492,659,2803,943,2806,66],"class_list":["post-8594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-2000-ad","tag-andy-clarke","tag-comic-book","tag-dan-abnett","tag-idw-comic-books","tag-idw-publishing","tag-matt-smith","tag-reprint","tag-sinister-dexter","tag-video-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8597,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594\/revisions\/8597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}