TRUE BLOOD created by

Alan Ball
written by

Michael McMillian and Annie Nocenti Michael Gaydos Neil Uyetake

letters by art by

Marcelo Maiolo Denton J. Tipton

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colors by

Gianna Sobol
THE STORY SO FAR... TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... where vampires have emerged from the coffin and no longer need humans for their fix. Sookie Stackhouse works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlottes. Though outwardly a typical young woman, she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others. Her situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron173-year-old Bill Comptonand the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other. TRUE BLOOD is a dark and sexy tale that boldly delves into the heartand the neckof the Deep South.

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TRUE BLOOD #2. JUNE 2012. FIRST PRINTING. Official HBO Licensed Product 2012 Home Box Office, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HBO and related trademarks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. IDW Publishing authorized user. 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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