A History of Violence (comics)

A History of Violence
First edition cover.
Date1997
Main charactersTom McKenna
Page count286 pages
PublisherDC Comics
Creative team
WriterJohn Wagner
ArtistVince Locke
LettererBob Lappan
EditorAndy Helfer
ISBN1-56389-367-3

A History of Violence is a graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke, originally published in 1997 by Paradox Press and later by Vertigo Comics, both imprints of DC Comics.[1]

It is also the source for the film of the same name directed by David Cronenberg, the first cinematic adaptation of a work by John Wagner since 1995's Judge Dredd.

  1. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "A History of Violence", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 87, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC 213309015