SCOTT SNYDER On AD AFTER DEATH

AD After Death courtesy Image Comics
AD After Death courtesy Image Comics

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. Continue reading SCOTT SNYDER On AD AFTER DEATH

JEFF LEMIRE On FUTURES END Reunion

The New 52: Futures End #1 courtesy DC Comics
The New 52: Futures End #1 courtesy DC Comics

The New 52: Futures End #1 is finally in comic book shops. Fans got a first look at the new weekly series from DC Comics with a Zero issue on Free Comic Book Day.

 

Set 5 years in the future – an unlikely cast of heroes must stop disaster and change destiny.

 

Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens are part of the all-star creative team. Batman Beyond, Frankenstein, Grifter, Mr. Terrific and Firestorm make up the eclectic cast on a desperate mission. Continue reading JEFF LEMIRE On FUTURES END Reunion

FUTURES END Begins

DC Comics The New 52 Futures End #0 courtesy DC Comics
DC Comics The New 52 Futures End #0 courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics goes into the future with a new weekly series by an all-star creative team. The New 52 Futures End by Dan Jurgens, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and Brian Azzarello kicked off on Free Comic Book Day with a free zero issue.

 

In an apocalyptic future Bruce Wayne sends Terry McGinnis back in time to prevent the enslavement of the Justice League and most of humanity. The story picks up 5 years from the present as Batman Beyond takes the lead to reshape destiny. This is The New 52 debut of Terry/Batman Beyond.

 

 
“Really, what we’re trying to do with this book is to explore the nature of what a hero is and we’re doing that, obviously by playing with the future of the New 52 timeline,” Lemire told Associated Press . “Past present and future all colliding in this story line.” Continue reading FUTURES END Begins

TEEN TITANS of EARTH ONE Revealed

Teen Titans: Earth One courtesy DC Comics
Teen Titans: Earth One courtesy DC Comics

Teen Titans rise again but not it’s a whole new team in a new world.

 

DC Comics announced Teen Titans: Earth One by superstar creative team Jeff Lemire (Green Arrow, Justice League United, Futures End) and Terry and Rachel Dodson. This is the latest volume of the Earth One graphic novels following Superman and Batman.

 

“Victor Stone, Tara Markov, Joey Wilson, and Gar Logan never felt like normal kids… but they had no idea how right they were. Continue reading TEEN TITANS of EARTH ONE Revealed

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CANADA

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

In the ashes of a broken Justice League of AmericaJustice League of Canada will be born. The events of The Trinity War and Villains Month/Forever Evil will shake the foundation of every super team and hero in the DC Universe. Justice will prevail…just farther north.

 

DC Comics and the Toronto Star announced the new book coming in 2014 and creative team: Jeff Lemire and artist Mike McKone. Toronto native Lemire explains the roster and why this not like the other famous Canadian team: Continue reading JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CANADA

New GREEN ARROW Villain!

Green Arrow #17 courtesy DC Comics
Green Arrow #17 courtesy DC Comics

   Arrow is a smash in Starling City on The CW. The Green Arrow comic book is set in my Emerald City, Seattle. In this week’s Green Arrow #17 new creative team Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino took over the book. The Kill Machine Part 1 ended with a violent double shocker for the Emerald Archer. Oliver Queen has lost his fortune and father’s firm. As Ollie confronted the man accused of ruining his father’s legacy… Continue reading New GREEN ARROW Villain!

DC Comics Writer Shake-Ups for Justice League Dark and Stormwatch

 

Stormwatch #3 courtesy DC Comics

  Writer changes for two of edgier DC’s New 52 titles. Peter Milligan is taking over Stormwatch from Paul Cornell with issue 9. Jeff Lemire is taking the reigns of Justice League Dark with issue 9 – after the Justice League Dark, I Vampire crossover. Milligan is staying on Red Lanterns and Hellblazer.

Stormwatch has the craziness, the paranoia and the occasional bursts of odd humor that really grab me. This is my kind of book. In other words, when I re-read Paul Cornell’s excellent first series with a view to taking over the writing duties I was really excited. And I’m excited too by what I have planned, from Stormwatch facing a ferocious character from the Red Lantern Corps, to hidden secrets being revealed about the origin of Stormwatch, and some shocking revelations about the mysterious Shadow Lords. It’s going to be a very intense ride,” Milligan told The Source.

“It’s a bit of a wrench leaving Justice League Dark, of course, and not working with the increasingly outstanding Mikel Janin. But the fact that Jeff Lemire is taking over makes me very sanguine. I think Jeff is great. And I think he’ll be great for this book. It’ll be intriguing to see how he handles the great conman mage, John Constantine, whose twisted life I’m continuing to chronicle over in Vertigo’s Hellblazer.”

Lemire is leaving Frankenstein Agent of SHADE. Matt Kindt is taking over the series.

The Authority Relentless cover by Bryan Hitch

  This Geek’s Take: I wonder if Stormwatch will evolve into The Authority like it did under the Wildstorm banner? I highly recommend The Authority trades by Warren Ellis and Mark Miller. I loved Jenny Sparks – can we reincarnate her into the New 52?