Jinx (Image Comics)
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Jinx is a comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 series published first by Caliber Comics
Caliber Comics
Caliber Comics or Caliber Press was an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, in the next decade Caliber published over 1300 comics and ranked as one of the America's leading independent publishers...

 and then Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

, written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim for his self-published, Image Comics and Marvel Comics work, and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics, with his books selling consistently highly for over a...

.

Synopsis

It is prequel to the same author’s A.K.A. Goldfish
A.K.A. Goldfish
A.K.A. Goldfish is the title of a 1994 American creator-owned comic book series written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis. The series was originally published by Caliber Comics, with later issues by Image Comics. The entire series was collected and published as a trade paperback, entitled Goldfish...

, telling the story of Jinx, a female bounty hunter and her relationship with David Goldfish, con-artist and wanted felon. Jinx has also crossed over with the detective series Sam and Twitch
Sam and Twitch
Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...

. There she helps them track down a bounty hunter that has become mentally deranged.

The story is a loose adaptation of Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...

s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone...

, but resets it in the modern crime noir genre.

Models

  • D.D. Byrne as Jinx
  • John Skrtic as Goldfish
  • Brian Michael Bendis
    Brian Michael Bendis
    Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim for his self-published, Image Comics and Marvel Comics work, and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics, with his books selling consistently highly for over a...

     as Columbia
  • Mike Sangiacomo as Office Mike
  • David Mack
    David W. Mack
    David W. Mack is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for his creator-owned series Kabuki. Mack is known for his unique painted and collage-like work...

     as Dead Mug Number 1
  • James D. Hudnall
    James D. Hudnall
    James David Hudnall is an American writer who began his career in the comic book field in 1986 with the series Espers, published by Eclipse Comics. He later worked for Marvel and DC on such titles as Alpha Flight, Strikeforce: Morituri, and his own creation Interface, which was a sequel to Espers...

     as Dead Mug Number 2
  • Ceray Doss as Becky
  • Jared Bendis as Ricky Ricketts
  • Michael Johnson (writer)|Michael Johnson]] as Money B
  • Dan Berman as Street Loser 1
  • Frisco
    Frisco
    Frisco may refer to:in places:*Frisco, Colorado*Frisco, Louisiana*Frisco, North Carolina*Frisco, Pennsylvania*Frisco, Texas*Frisco, Utah*Frisco City, Alabama*nickname for San Francisco, California in motion pictures:...

     as Street Loser 2
  • Marc Andreyko
    Marc Andreyko
    Marc Andreyko is a comic book and screenplay writer, known for writing the 2000s ongoing series Manhunter for DC Comics...

     as Reverend Peter
  • Curtis
    Curtis
    Curtis is a common given name and surname of English origin derived from the Old French "curteis," which means 'polite, courteous, or well-bred.' It's related with the spanish and portuguese surname Cortes. It was brought to England via the Norman Conquest...

     as Apollo
  • Keith Konajcik as Motormouth Mug
  • Tom Zjaba as Silent Mug
  • Jimmy Williams
    Jimmy Williams
    James Franklin Williams, Jr. is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent serving a one year suspension from the NFL for violating the league's banned substances policy. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft...

     as Danny
  • Michael Hahn
    Michael Hahn
    George Michael Hahn was the 19th Governor of Louisiana, Congressman, United States Senator during Reconstruction and after.-Early life:...

    as Young Danny
  • Tia Rachten as Young Jinx
  • Kevin Snorteland as Rob
  • Genevieve Halton as the chain smokin' foul mouthed crack whore
  • Kyra Kester as Lauren Bacall
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