The Banks

by Roxane Gay

Ming Doyle, Jordie Bellaire, and Ariana Maher

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TKO Studios presents "The Banks" by New York Times bestselling writer Roxane Gay (Hunger, Bad Feminist, Black Panther: World of Wakanda) and artist Ming Doyle (The Kitchen).

The Banks is a heist thriller about the most successful thieves in Chicago: The women of the Banks family.

For fifty years the women of the Banks family have been the most successful thieves in Chicago by following one simple rule: never get greedy. But when the youngest Banks stumbles upon the heist of a lifetime, the potential windfall may be enough to bring three generations of thieves together for one incredible score and the chance to avenge a loved one taken too soon.

"The Banks is the best kind of heist story: a sharp, tight robbery with escalating tensions and threats coming from every direction." - The A.V. Club "It will leave most readers smiling at the end of their journeys with the Banks family." - The Beat TKO Studios recently announced a partnering with MACRO (whose films have garnered nine Oscar nominations and one Oscar win for Viola Davis in FENCES) to produce a film adaptation of the graphic novel. Screenplay to be writen by Roxane Gay.
  • ISBN10 1732748586
  • ISBN13 9781732748583
  • Publish Date 1 December 2019
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint TKO Studios
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 155
  • Language English