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  • Published: 19 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9781684052448
  • Imprint: IDW Publishing
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 152
  • RRP: $45.00

Kid Lobotomy, Vol. 1: A Lad Insane



Come as you are, leave as someone else. In the winding hallways of The Suites, anything can happen--whether you like it or not! Join Kid, the proprietor of this fine hotel, as he tries to hold on to his father's business--and his own sanity.

Come as you are, leave as someone else. In the winding hallways of The Suites, anything can happen--whether you like it or not! Join Kid, the proprietor of this fine hotel, as he tries to hold on to his father's business--and his own sanity.

Kid, as he's affectionately referred to, is the youngest child of Big Daddy, an aging hotelier with more than his fair share of dark secrets tucked into the corners of the crown jewel of his empire: The Suites, where the guests are in danger of losing much more than their luggage. See, Kid has shed a few (okay, more than a few) brain cells in his day, which naturally makes him qualified to perform a lobotomy or two. And why let those brain bits go to waste when he can use them to help--or unwittingly harm--his patients?

Ultimately, Kid hopes to restore some of his sanity. But can he navigate his sister's devious plotting, vivid hallucinations, and his own crumbling mental state to uncover the truth about his cursed lineage and face what runs rampant throughout the torturous hotel hallways? Simply put, you've never read anything like this. You won't be able to look away.

Collects issues #1-6 of the ongoing series.

  • Published: 19 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9781684052448
  • Imprint: IDW Publishing
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 152
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Peter Milligan

Irish writer Peter Milligan joined Vertigo in 1989 with the mini-series SKREEMER and soon became an imprint mainstay, writing both SHADE THE CHANGING MAN, HUMAN TARGET, ENIGMA, GREEK STREET and HELLBLAZER. For the DC Universe, he has written Batman in DETECTIVE COMICS and is acknowledged as the driving force behind the Knightfall event. He began his comics career with England's 2000 AD, notably its Bad Company serial. He was named one of Entertainment Weekly's "it" writers in 2002. Milligan is currently writing JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK and RED LANTERNS for DC Comics as a part of DC Comics - The New 52.

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Praise for Kid Lobotomy, Vol. 1: A Lad Insane

"You can always count on something thrillingly twisted in the most wonderful way from Peter Milligan. And collaborating with the fantastic artiste Tess Fowler, KID LOBOTOMY delivers! Queue up! " -- Michael Allred, Madman, iZombie, It Girl, X-Ray Robot

"One of the strangest books I've ever read for all of the right reasons, KID LOBOTOMY is a hallucinatory gem. Tess Fowler's lush, expressive art pairs perfectly -- like fava beans and a nice chianti. Gloriously bewildering." -- Mags Visaggio, creator/writer of the Eisner-nominated Kim & Kim