CSI (comics)

The "CSI" comics are comic book tie-ins with , and TV shows. They have been published from 2003 to the present day.

They are all released by IDW Publishing and have been written by a range of notable authors including Jeff Mariotte, Max Allan Collins and Steven Grant.

tories

erial

The first of the major "" stories, deals with Grissom and his team tracking a violent serial killer. The killer is copy-catting history's most infamous murderer: Jack the Ripper, killing Las Vegas prostitutes. To complicate matters for the team, the murderer is striking during the Ripper Mania Festival in Las Vegas, a convention for Jack the Ripper case enthusiasts. [ [http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/csiserial.shtml IDW Publishing ] ]

Dying in the Gutters

The story revolves around the (fictional) murder of Rich Johnston who writes a gossip column for Comic Book Resources called "Lying in the Gutters". Due to his notoriety and the fact that this takes place at a comics convention there is a long list of comic book luminaries amongst the suspects. [ [http://www.idwpublishing.com/dyinggut.shtml IDW Publishing ] ]

Publications

Usually published as limited series by IDW Publishing they are collected by IDW and Titan as trade paperbacks:

* "":
** "Thicker Than Blood" (by Jeff Mariotte, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Ashley Wood, one-shot, 48 pages, IDW Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1932382097)
** "Serial" (by Max Allan Collins, Ashley Wood and Gabriel Rodriguez, 5-issue mini-series, 2003, tpb, IDW Publishing, 2003 ISBN 1-932382-02-X Titan Books, 2004 ISBN 1-84023-771-6)
** "Bad Rap " (by Max Allan Collins, Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood, 5-issue mini-series, 2004, tpb, IDW Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-932382-20-8, Titan Books, 2004, ISBN 1-84023-799-6)
** "Demon House" (by Max Allan Collins, Ashley Wood and Gabriel Rodriguez, 5-issue mini-series, 2004, tpb, IDW Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-932382-34-8, Titan Books, 2004, ISBN 1-84023-936-0)
** "Dominos" (by Kris Oprisko, Steven Perkins and Gabriel Rodriguez, 5-issue mini-series, 2005, tpb, IDW Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1-932382-43-7, Titan Books, 2005, ISBN 1-84576-056-5)
** "Secret Identity" (by Steven Grant, Steven Perkins and Gabriel Rodriguez, 5-issue mini-series, tpb, 2005, IDW Publishing, ISBN 1933239409)
** "Dying in the Gutters" (by Steven Grant and Stephen Mooney, 5-issue mini-series, 2006, tpb, IDW Publishing, March 2007, ISBN 1600100481)

*": Thou Shalt Not..." (by Kris Oprisko, Renato Guedes, Steven Perkins and Ashley Wood , IDW Publishing, trade paperback collects the 2004 one-shots "Smoking Gun", "Thou Shalt Not" and "Blood/Money", 2005 ISBN 1-932382-54-2 Titan Books, 2005 ISBN 1-84576-003-4) [ [http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/csimiami/5.shtml IDW Publishing ] ]

* ": Bloody Murder" (by Max Allan Collins, J. K. Woodward and Steven Perkins, 5-issue mini-series, tpb, IDW Publishing, 2006 ISBN 1-933239-80-8)

ee also

* List of comics based on television programs
* CSI (novels)

References

External links

* [http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/csi/titles/titles.shtml IDW's page]
* [http://www.titanbooks.com/csi.html Titan's page]
* [http://csi.us.ubi.com/ny/ Official Website of CSI: NY, The Game]