Superstar creators Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire team up for a sci-fi epic that will make you think.
What if scientists found a cure for death?
AD: After Death is one of the big announcements at Image Expo 2015.
Snyder (Batman, The Wake, Wychtes) and Jeff Lemire (Trillium, Hawkeye) tell the story of man coming to grips with what’s next in a future where death has been cured.
The project marks a career first for Lemire.
“AD will be the first long form work that I’ve illustrated which I haven’t also written myself,” said Lemire at Image Expo. “I wouldn’t do that unless it was with a writer who I admired and trusted as much as I do Scott. I’m in a rare position in that one of the best writers in comics also happens to be one of my best friends. Scott and I have wanted to collaborate on a project for a long time, we’ve just been waiting for the right story and as soon as Scott told me about AD, I knew this was it. Combining grounded science fiction with a deep sense of humanity, AD is a book that will bring out the best in both of us as storytellers and also push us each into new territories. And I couldn’t have a better partner to explore this new world with than Scott Snyder.”
Where does Snyder gets his inspiration for this thought-provoking concept?
“Getting older, watching your kids grow too fast, some nights it just feels terrifying, how quickly it all goes,” said Snyder on ImageComics.com. “So what if there were no death? What if it was curable? What if you could live many lives, take many paths, and never worry about running out of time? Never worry about saying goodbye to anyone, anything? These are the questions at the center of AD. They’re questions Jeff and I have talked about it as fathers and friends and creators, and it’s a book I feel we could only do together. Jeff is one of my favorite artists, and favorite people on the planet, and luckily, he’s also the perfect person for this book in every way. I’m honored and thrilled he agreed to do it. It’s going to be something special, and I can’t wait for you all to see it.”
AD: After Death arrives in November.
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By Editor