AMC has released the whole first series of its Into the Badlands comics, which serve as a prequel for the first season of the Into the Badlands TV series. Featuring the art of Steve Ellis (who drew prequel comics for Breaking Bad and its spin-off prequel, Better Call Saul), the Into the Badlands comics are written by TV series writers Matt Okumura and Justin Doble.
Set centuries in the future, in the feudal society, the Badlands, the Into the Badlands cast includes: Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Orla Brady, Sarah Bolger, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham, Oliver Stark, Madeleine Mantock, and Alexia Ioannides.
You can read the entire first series of the Into the Badlands comics, here.
Here is the comic release announcement, from the official Twitter account of Into the Badlands:
Read the whole bloody series of #IntotheBadlands Season 1 Digital Comics online now. https://t.co/erv99aLnHh pic.twitter.com/aqAWzwhejA
— Into the Badlands (@IntotheBadlands) January 2, 2016
Into the Badlands got a strong start on AMC. The series premiere earned a 3.15 in the 18-49 ratings demographic, and drew a total audience of 6.390 million viewers. It steadily declined from there. The Into the Badlands season one finale only racked up 0.83 in the demo, and a total audience of 2.159 million viewers.
In all, the first season of Into the Badlands averaged 1.79 in the demo, with an average audience of 3.86 million. We are tracking ratings for nine scripted AMC shows. Of those shows, Mad Men ended after its seventh season, and Hell on Wheels is ending after season five.
Despite the ratings decline throughout, its first season averages place Into the Badlands third, after only The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. Still, of the seven remaining AMC shows we track, Into the Badlands is the only one that has not been officially renewed.
Into the Badlands star, Daniel Wu, has said he can see the show lasting for five or six seasons. In early December, Wu posted on Facebook that the show had been renewed for season two, but the post was later deleted.
Just before Christmas, EPs Al Gough and Miles Millar reported AMC has been happy with the show’s performance. They also teased what a second season of Into the Badlands might look like.
Are you a fan of the Into the Badlands TV show? Should Into the Badlands be cancelled, or renewed for a second season? Let us know.
Renew I have not seen this good of fight scenes since the matrix and I’m curious to see how everything happens
Any reading is good reading. Being about one of your favorite shows helps!! AWESOME!
PLEAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEE RENEWWWWWWWWW IT. ITS SO FRIGGIN GOOD
Renew it plzz
Please renew I just got all of my friends to watch it. And now we are all hooked I’m getting everyone on my friends list on Facebook to watch too it’s that good! I rank it up there with game of thrones walking g dead and sons of anarchy in potential popularity! Definitely needs to be on Netflix Hulu asap
Please renew!! Love, love, love, this show!!
I very much enjoyed the 6 episodes of Into the Badlands and was looking forward to #7. Obviously I did not know there were only 6 episodes and strongly encourage AMC to continue with this sage of mystery and kung fu.
Renew it and put the first season on Netflix and Hulu to see what a great show it is. While it just stays on AMC with an old fashioned time slot it will never succeed. On demand TV isn’t the future, it is the present. As it stands there is no way to view Into the Badlands on demand and that needs to be fixed.
Could you please be more specific? Are you saying that it needs to be an UNRATED show to succeed? I have VERIZON and I can watch episodes if I want. I’ve seen them all at least twice each. Are you complaining because you can’t watch them because you don’t have cable? Whose fault is that? maybe AMC wants to hold onto them a bit.
I fully enjoyed all the episodes and the cliffhanger was great. Would love to see S2.
Renew ASAP!!!!
The show speaks for itself!
Is the show set centuries in the future? The TV show doesn’t bear that out. Maybe 50 or 60 years in the future. Maybe not even that. I think it might be a little difficult to get parts for the car centuries in the future, never mind gasoline. I think the boat might have rusted away if the show was centuries into the future. Let’s get the show renewed so maybe we can get some intelligent answers to intelligent questions.
renew it
I love series and the book. I hope the both get a second season.
pleas I love this show it’s been a long time since any network did a martial arts show since kung-fu please renew
Love this show excellent intense fighting scenes great plots can’t wait for this to continue!