From Alcatraz is a crime comic straight from the Hitchcock film (Exclusive Preview)

From the cover of Alcatraz, Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin step back from the spotlight

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Alcatraz has been a museum now longer than ever, but it remains pop culture's most famous prison. The very name “Alcatraz” suggests an inescapable prison, except for three men who escaped in 1962, a year before the prison closed.

They were Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin who tried to row to freedom on shore. (A fourth inmate, Allen West, was part of the breakout plan but failed to escape his cell in time.) Authorities eventually concluded that the escapees' raft never made it to shore and they drowned, but without the bodies, the imagination has run wild. about their fates. Out Of Alcatraz, the new comic from writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Tyler Crook, will operate on the premise that men did get to earth, but did they ever find freedom? Oni Press has shared an exclusive preview of “Out of Alcatraz” #1 with /Film (via Superfan Promo), including three previously unseen pages.. They might help clear this up.

Cantwell is best known to TV fans for co-creating Halt and Catch Fire, a four-season Mad Men-style drama about the early days of Silicon Valley's computer revolution. However, he has also built a prolific career writing comics; his work includes 10 issue “Doctor Doom” solo series on Marvel and “Briar” is a dark fantasy reimagining of “Sleeping Beauty”. on Boom! Studies.

Kruk is primarily known for drawing horror comics; he became famous while working on “Hellboy” separation “BPRD” Since then he has drawn the horror series Harrow County (by Cullen Bunn) and written and drawing the monster hunter series “Lone Hunters”. His expertise in drawing dark shadows, gory violence and ghostly faces serves him well in “Out of Alcatraz.”

Crook cover for “Out of Alcatraz” no. 1 is a beauty that combines detailed illustrations and minimalist graphics while tying together form and narrative (ie the focus of the prison is on the borderlines). The orange and black color scheme, cutouts of shadowy figures, and uneven inscriptions are designed in this style. Saul Bass's famous posters “Vertigo” and “Anatomy of a Murder” – nice and accurate!

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The 1962 Escape from Alcatraz was previously dramatized in a 1979 Clint Eastwood film with the short title Escape from Alcatraz, with Eastwood playing Morris. Directed by Eastwood's previous Dirty Harry director, Don Siegel, “Escape” is often considered one of the best prison movies. However, “Out of Alcatraz” skips the incarceration and follows the imaginary aftermath of the escape. The pitcher has said before he believes the comic is similar to a “classic 60s crime/road movie”.

Out Of Alcatraz will answer an unsolved mystery of history

Outside the cover of Alcatraz, Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin on the beach, having escaped from Alcatraz

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Out of Alcatraz #1 (previously released in previous previews) features the escape itself in the opening pages. The first page opens with a wide shot of an island prison with panels panning down the page to show the stormy tide; no onomatopoeia sound effects are recorded, but you can hear the crashing of the waves just by glancing at the art. As the imagery sets the scene, the narrative explains the true history of the matter; the last panel, captioned “no bodies ever discovered,” features a close-up of Frank's face as he swims.

In Cantwell and Crook's version, it turns out that one of the prisoners really did drown while swimming ashore: John Anglin. Clarence tries to swim back to save his brother, but Frank pulls him to shore, where they have no time to grieve.

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From Alcatraz #1 p.2. Frank and Clarence swim as John drowns

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From Alcatraz #1 p.3. Clarence and Frank float on a raft

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From Alcatraz #1 4-5 p. Frank and Clarence on the beach

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Stranded, the pair make it to Modesto. There they meet their contact and the third lead of the miniseries; an unnamed woman who is paid by Frank and Clarence to take them across the border into Canada. In Quote / The Movie, Cantwell explained that she is the cornerstone of the series and its themes:

“The essential character of this series is cut from dramatic cloth. Yes, the escapees are at the heart of the story, but I've studied successful prison escapes throughout history, and they often work best with someone helping out. Enter our mysterious hero, with whom our the refugees have to meet when they come down from the cliff But our character is complicated from the outside the refugees themselves will sort things out some time.”

The first issue of “Out of Alcatraz” remains unclear as to who this woman is, but it appears that she has a history with Frank. In three pages shared for an exclusive preview / Film, Frank and the woman discuss plans outside their safe house, from where there are two fewer prisoners than expected, to whether Clarence is worth keeping.