Satellite Sam

Satellite Sam
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
Schedule monthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre
    Publication date July 2013
    Creative team
    Writer(s) Matt Fraction
    Artist(s) Howard Chaykin
    Creator(s) Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin

    Satellite Sam is a creator-owned American comic book series by Matt Fraction and American artist Howard Chaykin distributed by Image Comics starting in July 2013.[1] Carlyle White, a children's television show presenter, is found dead with a box of photographs of scantily clad women in provocative positions. His son believes the box of photographs is the key to solving his father's murder. The story follows Carlyle's son, a recovering alcoholic, as he steps into his father's shoes as the television character Satellite Sam, deals with his addictions, and wrangles producers, writers, and journalists during the nascent days of television.[2]

    Collected editions

    Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
    Satellite Sam Vol. 1 Satellite Sam #1-5 March 2014 9781607068525
    Satellite Sam Vol. 2: Satellite Sam and the Kinescope Snuff Satellite Sam #6-10 October 2014 9781632151209

    References

    1. Rich Johnston Image Announces Satellite Sam by Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin, www.bleedingcool.com, 14 July 2012
    2. Joseph Hughes Image Announces New Series from Rucka, Fraction, Casey, Deconnick, Chaykin and more, www.comicsalliance.com, 14 Jul 2012