Next week (Friday, March 9) sees Veeps’s Armando Iannucci’s hotly anticipated film The Death of Stalin hit movie theaters in the U.S.A. Based on Titan’s critically acclaimed graphic novel (in stores now) by writer Fabien Nury and illustrated by Thierry Robin, The Death of Stalin is a political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin’s death in the Soviet Union in 1953.
“Within minutes of starting to read the graphic novel, I knew I wanted to make the movie version.” – Armando Iannucci, writer/director (The Death of Stalin, Veep, In The Loop, The Thick of It).
The Death of Stalin is a darkly comic tale about the power vacuum left behind by Stalin’s death. When the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, has a stroke – the political gears begin to turn, plunging the super-state into darkness, uncertainty and near civil war. The struggle for supreme power will determine the fate of the nation and of the world. And it all really happened.
The movie – written and directed by Armando Iannucci and distributed by IFC Films – includes an all-star cast including Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs), Rupert Friend (Homeland), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Simon Russell Beale (Penny Dreadful), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman) and Michael Palin (Monty Python)!
“Read the Death of Stalin and just loved it. I started laughing the moment he died!” – David Mandel, showrunner of HBO’s Veep, writer of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, and SNL
The Death of Stalin graphic novel is available now in hardback and trade paperback (with a movie cover on March 6) at all good bookstores, comic shops and digital platforms.
From the writers that inspired Armando Iannucci’s new movie, The Death of Stalin comes another tale of political intrigue and dark comedy. Set in Moscow, 1904, The Death To The Tsar graphic novel (in stores March 6!) is the notorious true story of Governor Sergei Alexandrovitch from Award-winning writer Fabien Nury and artist Thierry Robin.
The Death To The Tsar graphic novel is available in hardback at all good bookstores, comic shops and digital platforms from March 6.
THE DEATH OF STALIN
Writer: Fabien Nury
Artist: Thierry Robin
Publisher: Titan Comics
120pp, $24.99, On-sale now
ISBN: 9781785863400
The graphic novel that inspired the new Armando Iannucci movie which includes an all-star cast – Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, and Jeffrey Tambor.
Fear, corruption and treachery abound in this political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin’s death in the Soviet Union in 1953.
When the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, has a stroke – the political gears begin to turn, plunging the super-state into darkness, uncertainty and near civil war. The struggle for supreme power will determine the fate of the nation and of the world. And it all really happened.
DEATH TO THE TSAR
Writer: Fabien Nury
Artist: Thierry Robin
Publisher: Titan Comics
112 pages, $24.99, On-sale March 6
ISBN: 9781785866418
From the writers that inspired Armando Iannucci’s new movie, The Death of Stalin comes another tale of political intrigue and dark comedy.
In Moscow, 1904, political tension is at a high. The Russian Empire is failing and the effects are falling on its people. Hungry and deeply impoverished, the living standards for the citizens is falling daily. They protest, calling on their Governor for help.
Suddenly, the Governor’s soldiers launch an attack. People are murdered in the forecourt of the palace. Was this Governor Alexandrovitch’s plan or the result of a tragic miscommunication? The answer seems clear to the Russian people, with whispers of revolution in the streets.
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