CBR has an exclusive look at art for Time Before Time, an upcoming Image Comics series by writer/artist Declan Shalvey (Bog Bodies), and Rory McConville and Joe Palmer (Write It In Blood).

Time Before Time is described as a crime caper in the vein of Criminal mixed with the high-stakes action of Mr. Robot.

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Time Before Time #1

  • Written by DECLAN SHALVEY and RORY McCONVILLE
  • Art by JOE PALMER
  • Cover A by DECLAN SHALVEY
  • Cover B by JOHN PAUL LEON
  • On sale 5/21
  • Cover price $3.99
  • The year is 2140, and to escape a world with no future, many turn to the Syndicate, a criminal organization who, for the right price, will smuggle you back in time to a better life. After working for the Syndicate for years, Tatsuo and Oscar decide to steal one of their boss’s time machines—but soon find that the one thing you can’t run from is your past.TIME BEFORE TIME is a brand-new ongoing series where writer/artist DECLAN SHALVEY (BOG BODIES) joins forces with the WRITE IT IN BLOOD team of RORY McCONVILLE and JOE PALMER.

"I'm really excited for people to read Time Before Time. It's been a great and unique creative back and forth with Rory and Joe, we have such a great canvas to tell interesting stories and have developed distinctly visual ways to do so. It's been an exciting creative rollercoaster," Declan Shalvey said.

"People smuggling across time. It's a great concept, and I think Dec and Rory have created real characters who are on a journey that we're genuinely invested in following. I'm really looking forward to seeing what readers make of the book!" Joe Palmer added.

"Building these characters and this world has been a real labor of love for the whole team and I can't wait for readers to see our take on the time travel genre. You can't escape your past but Tatsuo's going to give it his best shot anyway, and that journey is going to take us to some very thrilling and unexpected places," said Rory McConville.

Time Before Time #1 goes on sale May 21 from Image Comics.

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Source: Image Comics