Badlands

Steven Grant and Vince Giarrano brought a gritty, character-driven crime story to AiT/Planet Lar with Badlands, a single-issue comic that launched in 2002 and continues its run. The series stands out for its lean, hardboiled storytelling, focusing on the desperate choices of its characters in a harsh, unforgiving world. It's a sharp, compact example of the publisher's commitment to mature, creator-owned genre work.