The Body Trade - Paperback

by Zac Thompson (Author), Jok (Illustrator), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Letterer)

The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America's aftermarket for dead bodies. Critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Blow Away, Into The Unbeing) and star artist Jok (In Hell We Fight) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water!

Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who's trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son. He's sickened to find an empty grave. His son's remains were sold into "The Body Trade". Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child's corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control.

Author Biography

Zac Thompson is a multidisciplinary writer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. He is best known for his work at Marvel Entertainment on titles like Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land and The Marvelous X-Men. His debut original comic series, The Dregs, was called "lowbrow brilliant" by New York Magazine. In 2022, Thompson's original screenplay The Replacer was selected for production financing from Telefilm Canada. In 2023, Zac received the PEI Arts Grant to write a novel tentatively titled That Thing I Found In You. His other comic book credits include Batman: The Brave and the Bold for DC Comics, Into The Unbeing at Dark Horse Comics, Cemetery Kids Don't Die at Oni Press, and Blow Away at BOOM! Studios. When Zac's not out in the woods foraging for mushrooms you can find him at the cinema or walking his dog Astra.

Jok was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in the seventies and has been working as a comic book artist since 1993. His work's been published in the USA (Image, Massive, Heavy Metal, Scholastic, Capstone, Bad Bug, Alien Books, Mad Cave and Deadsky), England (Markosia, David Lloyd´s Aces Weekly), Italy, France (Mosquito, Delcourt), Spain, Germany (Splitter), Denmark, Cyprus, Canada, China, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. He runs a studio along with his comrades in arms since 2001, splitting his time amongst several endeavors, including work for hire projects, creator owned books, attending conventions all over the world and not missing a match of his weekly soccer with friends and colleagues.

Hassan is a British/Algerian comics letterer, and has worked on titles like Vault Comics' The Blue Flame, Black Stars Above, The RUSH, Engineward, No One's Rose, and TEST, as well as X-O Manowar, First Knife, and Undone By Blood. He's also the editor of the Eisner-winning PanelxPanel, and voice behind Strip Panel Naked.