An all-new modern day comics story set in the high stakes world of espionage created by John le Carré!
New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt joins Eisner Award–nominated artist Ibrahim Moustafa and Eisner Award–winning artist David Lapham in this thrilling tale of espionage from the world of John le Carré—author of The Night Manager, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, and The Constant Gardner.
London, 2025. Every day, the intelligence agents of the Circus are enmeshed in high-stakes, high-wire acts that the average citizen would never notice. They protect Britain’s most sensitive secrets—and in modern Britain, secrets are everything. At the head of it all is Control: the all-powerful puppet master who decides who goes where, who does what, and sometimes, of necessity, who lives and who dies. But now, Control has vanished.
He doesn’t show up at the office. He misses his meetings. He won’t—or can’t—answer his phone. He is, simply, nowhere. Control’s assistant Maggie is the only one who knows he’s gone, and with an imminent and critical mission in Vienna, the clock is ticking. Maggie knows every protocol, every password, and every operative—but whether something has happened to Control or whether this is part of his plan, she has no idea. Either way, she can’t trust anyone with the knowledge of his absence. Can she even trust him?
Secrets within the Circus have a way of coming unraveled, and Maggie will have to act fast…or risk the walls tumbling down around her.
Collects issues #1–#3 of John le Carré's: The Circus--Losing Control.
Praise for Karla’s Choice: A Novel of John le Carre’s Circus:
"George Smiley returns in this terrific spy saga from John Le Carré’s son, Titanium Noir author Nicholas Cornwell (writing under the Harkaway pseudonym) . . . Longtime Smiley fans will delight in the enormous cast of familiar characters, the thoughtful meditations on the morality of espionage, and the lived-in tradecraft. [In Karla’s Choice,] Harkaway brilliantly channels his late father’s voice, and in the process delivers an essential new chapter for Smiley and Karla."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Praise for Mind MGMT Volume One: The Manager (Matt Kindt):
“Kindt (Super Spy, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.) excels at complicated mysteries, and this is no exception, with numerous allusions to pop culture, as the names of Harry Lyme (The Third Man) and Flight 815 (Lost) indicate.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for Count (Ibrahim Moustafa):
"From the character designs to the worldbuilding to sword fights that unfold with breathtaking grace across elegantly structured panels, Count's a masterpiece of visual storytelling, layered with meaning and power on each page. Count is an ambitious idea transformed into a masterpiece, and reaffirms Moustafa's place as one of the finest artistsworking in comics right now.”―SYFY WIRE
Matt Kindt is the Harvey Award–winning writer and artist of the comics and graphic novels MIND MGMT, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, 2 Sisters, and Pistolwhip. He has been nominated for four Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards (and won once). His work has been published in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. The author lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist best known for his work on the independent comic book, Stray Bullets. David Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics. He went on to work under editor Jim Shooter at Defiant Comics, where they cocreated Warriors of Plasm in 1993. 2009 saw the release of Dark Horse's Noir, which included Stray Bullets. The author lives in Carefree, Arizona.
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An all-new modern day comics story set in the high stakes world of espionage created by John le Carré!
New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt joins Eisner Award–nominated artist Ibrahim Moustafa and Eisner Award–winning artist David Lapham in this thrilling tale of espionage from the world of John le Carré—author of The Night Manager, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, and The Constant Gardner.
London, 2025. Every day, the intelligence agents of the Circus are enmeshed in high-stakes, high-wire acts that the average citizen would never notice. They protect Britain’s most sensitive secrets—and in modern Britain, secrets are everything. At the head of it all is Control: the all-powerful puppet master who decides who goes where, who does what, and sometimes, of necessity, who lives and who dies. But now, Control has vanished.
He doesn’t show up at the office. He misses his meetings. He won’t—or can’t—answer his phone. He is, simply, nowhere. Control’s assistant Maggie is the only one who knows he’s gone, and with an imminent and critical mission in Vienna, the clock is ticking. Maggie knows every protocol, every password, and every operative—but whether something has happened to Control or whether this is part of his plan, she has no idea. Either way, she can’t trust anyone with the knowledge of his absence. Can she even trust him?
Secrets within the Circus have a way of coming unraveled, and Maggie will have to act fast…or risk the walls tumbling down around her.
Collects issues #1–#3 of John le Carré's: The Circus--Losing Control.
Praise
Praise for Karla’s Choice: A Novel of John le Carre’s Circus:
"George Smiley returns in this terrific spy saga from John Le Carré’s son, Titanium Noir author Nicholas Cornwell (writing under the Harkaway pseudonym) . . . Longtime Smiley fans will delight in the enormous cast of familiar characters, the thoughtful meditations on the morality of espionage, and the lived-in tradecraft. [In Karla’s Choice,] Harkaway brilliantly channels his late father’s voice, and in the process delivers an essential new chapter for Smiley and Karla."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Praise for Mind MGMT Volume One: The Manager (Matt Kindt):
“Kindt (Super Spy, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.) excels at complicated mysteries, and this is no exception, with numerous allusions to pop culture, as the names of Harry Lyme (The Third Man) and Flight 815 (Lost) indicate.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for Count (Ibrahim Moustafa):
"From the character designs to the worldbuilding to sword fights that unfold with breathtaking grace across elegantly structured panels, Count's a masterpiece of visual storytelling, layered with meaning and power on each page. Count is an ambitious idea transformed into a masterpiece, and reaffirms Moustafa's place as one of the finest artistsworking in comics right now.”―SYFY WIRE
Author
Matt Kindt is the Harvey Award–winning writer and artist of the comics and graphic novels MIND MGMT, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, 2 Sisters, and Pistolwhip. He has been nominated for four Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards (and won once). His work has been published in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. The author lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist best known for his work on the independent comic book, Stray Bullets. David Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics. He went on to work under editor Jim Shooter at Defiant Comics, where they cocreated Warriors of Plasm in 1993. 2009 saw the release of Dark Horse's Noir, which included Stray Bullets. The author lives in Carefree, Arizona.
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