The Department of Truth: The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Hardcover Book 1 - by James Tynion IV

About the Book

"Cole Turner has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn't prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true: the JFK assassination, flat Earth theory, Bigfoot, Mothman, and so much worse. One organization has been covering them up for generations, controlling the narrative for what they claim is the greater good. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth--and will learning it destroy Cole's life from the inside out?"--Publisher marketing.

Book Synopsis

"A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers."- Forbes

The first three arcs of the critically acclaimed series that explores in-world case file reports of unexplained phenomena are collected here for the first time in a deluxe hardcover.

COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn't prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true: the JFK Assassination, Flat Earth Theory, Bigfoot, Mothman, and so much worse. One organization has been covering them up for generations, controlling the narrative for what they claim is the greater good.

What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth--and will learning it destroy Cole's life from the inside out?

Experience...THE COMPLETE CONSPIRACY by Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake) and ART MARTIN SIMMONDS (Dying is Easy).

Collects THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #1-#17

Review Quotes

"A new conspiracy thriller comic that should appeal to anyone with a fondness for The X-Files."-- "IGN"

"A story for our zeitgeist. SIMMONDS' art invokes Bill Sienkiewicz."-- "Entertainment Weekly"

"Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it."--Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine)

"It is FANTASTIC. Can't wait to read the whole series!"--Patton Oswalt

About the Author

JAMES TYNION IV is the writer of Batman, and many other titles for DC Comics, including Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, and the New York Times best selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy. He is the co-creator of Wynd, Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, and the GLAAD award winning series, The Woods. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his partner and their nice old dog.

Martin Simmonds is a comic artist, and co-creator of Dying is Easy (with Joe Hill) for IDW, Punks Not Dead (with David Barnett) for Black Crown, and Friendo (with Alex Paknadel) for Vault Comics.He is also a contributing artist to Marvel's The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, and series cover artist for Marvel's Quicksilver: No Surrender, and Jessica Jones.Martin currently lives in Surrey, UK with his partner and their two year old son.

Elsa Charretier is a writer and comic book artist. After debuting on C.O.W.L. at Image Comics, Elsa co-created The Infinite Loop with writer Pierrick Colinet at IDW. She has since worked at DC Comics (Starfire, Bombshells, Harley Quinn...), Marvel Comics (The Unstoppable Wasp) and Random House (Windhaven, written by George R.R. Martin).

She has also written The Infinite Loop Volume 2 as well as Superfreaks, and is a regular artist on Star Wars comi cbooks. Recently, she has started working on a new series of graphic novels for Image Comics, Love Everlasting.

Tyler Boss is an Eisner-nominated, award winning cartoonist and designer. His titles included Dead Dog's Bite, as well as 4 Kids Walk into a Bank and What's the Furthest Place from Here? with his frequent collaborator Matthew Rosenberg. Go Bills.

John J. Pearson is an Eisner Award-winning artist and illustrator based in Leeds UK. He is the artist and co-creator of The Infernals for Image Comics, with writers Noah Gardner and Ryan Parrott. Previously he has worked on Blue in Green, The Department of Truth, and Razorblades at Image Comics, as well as contributing to projects from DC Comics, Vault Comics, Z2 Comic and Heavy Metal Magazine amongst many others.

David Romero is an American freelance illustrator who is specialized in horror content.