
"We've got an intro by Tom Fontana," Brubaker stated.

The intro for this week's trade paperback collection of the first "Criminal" storyline is written by another devotee of the book, a writer whose work Brubaker has enjoyed over the years. "So the first trade comes out this week and by the end of May, middle of June we'll be out in six or seven different territories." "The European sales for the foreign editions of the trade paperbacks have done really well," Brubaker said. There's also a growing legion of "Criminal" fans outside of the U.S. I was down in LA a few weeks ago having a few different meetings with Hollywood studios who are interested in having me write a film based on the series." As long as we remain in the high teens or so we'll be able to keep doing this book forever. "Our first issue did over twice as much sales as the first issues of either series of 'Sleeper.' I think for the whole first five issues we never printed under 20,000. "It's been more than what I expected honestly," he told CBR News.

The reaction to "Criminal" was a pleasant surprise for Brubaker.
