PATRON #4

"Love the art, not the artist." Can we look past the crimes and transgressions of artists who produce great art, but do bad things? Mr. Cherish certainly hopes so, but his murderous rampage may soon be coming to an end, as a strange figure from his past finally reveals himself. What is the truth behind Matty Barnes and his untimely demise? In fact, who is Matty Barnes and why did he choose to become an artist in the first place? Secrets are revealed as Lucy comes closer to finding out the truth in the penultimate issue of Christian Ward (Event Horizon) and John J. Pearson's (The Smart Division) five-issue serial killer art thriller! Christian Ward is a multi-Eisner winning comic book creator. Currently writing Event Horizon for IDW, as well as having recently written the critically acclaimed Two Face series for DC comics. As an artist he is perhaps best known for Batman: City Of Madness (which he also wrote), Spectregraph (written by James Tynion ) and the cosmic space opera Invisible Kingdom ( co-created with G Willow Wilson). He is also a prolific cover artist for DC Comics, BOOM, Image Comic and others. Ward lives in Shrewsbury with his two daughters, his wife Catherine and pug named Thor.John J. Pearson is an Eisner Award-winning artist and illustrator based in Leeds UK. He is the artist and co-creator of The Patron (with Christian Ward), The Smart Division (with Zack Kaplan) and In Bloom (with Michael Conrad). John has worked on Hellblazer: Dead in America and Batman: Urban Legends for DC Comics; The Department of Truth, Razorblades, The Infernals and Blue in Green for Image Comics; as well as contributing to works published by Dark Horse, Heavy Metal, IDW and Boom! Studios amongst others. He also frequently creates work for film and television, including poster art for Vice Press and cover art for Arrow Video.