Director Quentin Tarantino announced that Vertigo would adapt his first draft screenplay for Django Unchained into a five issue mini-series.
Image Comics made a number of exciting announcements of creator owned projects including Non-Humans by Whilce Portacio and Glen Brunswick, Nowhere Men by Eric Stephenson and Nate Bellgarde, Satellite Sam by Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin, Pretty Deadly by KellySue DeConnick and Emma Rios, Multiple Warheads by Brandon Graham, The Saviours by James Robinson and J. Bone, Sex by Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski, The Bounce by Joe Casey and David Messina, Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, Reign by Chris Roberson and Paul Mayberry, Oliver by Darick Robertson and Gary Whitta, Point of Impact by Jay Faerber and Koray Kuranel and Great Pacific by Joe Harris and Martin Morazzo.
Robert Kirkman teased upcoming projects through his Skybound imprint. New titles include Clone by David Schulner and Juan Jose Ryp and Guardians Of The Globe written by Phil Hester. Witch Doctor will return in November. Other books include Invincible, The Walking Dead and Thief of Thieves.
Terry Moore will return to Strangers in Paradise via a prose novel for release in 2013.
Monkeybrain Comics announced several new projects, including: Intergalactic, by Joe Keatinge and Ken Garing; Wanderer, by Kevin Church and Grace Allison; Masks and Mobsters, by Joshua William and Mike Henderson; Konqueror, by Chris Schweitzer and Audrey Morris; Roundup edited by Schweitzer; Dreamsequence: Spirit of the Law by Brandon Seifert and Michael Montenat and Awesome Adventures by Chris Roberson and Thomas N. Perkins IV. These titles join the recently released Aesop’s Ark by J. Torres and Jennifer L. Meyer, Amelia Cole and the Unknown World by Adam P. Knave, DJ Kirkbride and Nick Brokenshire, Bandette by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, Edison Rex by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver and October Girl by Matthew Dow Smith.
IDW has announced the creator owned series, The Wild Blue Yonder.
“When land and sea have become deadly and uninhabitable, the intrepid survivors of ecological disaster must take to the skies.” The mini-series miniseries comes from creators Mike Raicht, Zach Howard, and Austin Harrison featuring color by Nelson Daniel.
Dark Horse Comics teased the return of Mike Mignola‘s Hellboy.
Dynamite Entertainment announced The Art of Painted Comics, an art book which offers a complete history of painted comics. It is an overview of the topic: a glimpse into a world that has, to date, been regrettably overlooked; a sampling of artistry that will foster an appreciation of the mastery of the men and women behind the images that have long held our collective imagination. Featuring art by Alex Ross, Greg Hildebrandt, Frank Frazetta, Joe Jusko, Michael William Kaluta, Bill Sienkiewicz, Neal Adams, Julie Bell, Joseph Michael Linsner, Glen Orbik, Simon Bisley, Dave Dorman, Phil Noto, Greg Horn, Brian Bolland, Ashley Wood, Charles Vess, Mark Teixeira, Arthur Suydam, Dave McKean, and more.
Legendary Comics announced that J. Michael Straczynski and Geoff Shaw would be collaborating on The Majestic Files, “which unravels what really happened at Roswell on July 8, 1947 by using real-life experts from the world of politics, science and the military to construct a step-by-step recreation detailing what might have happened, and then using that as the basis for a fast-paced story.”
IDW has announced Lost Angeles a six issue mini-series from Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Joe Pearson.
“When all hell breaks loose following a massive comet’s near miss, the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles is irreparably fractured and claimed by legions of brutal gangs. Perpetually turf-thirsty bands of fierce warriors fight day in and day out to claim blood and respect across swaths of scarce land, battered by cosmically twisted disasters. As civilization recedes into uncompromising tribal life, an anomaly surfaces: two rival gang members, Mikal and Angel, find themselves in the throes of a comet-crossed love affair. Threatening to tear their respective clans apart from within, their love becomes the centerpiece to all-out gang war.”
Legendary Comics revealed the Alex Ross cover art for the second book of Volume One of the upcoming Tower Chronicles from writer Matt Wagner and artist Simon Bisley which, “creates a new mythology on familiar worlds through a unique take on the bounty hunter storyline.”
IDW will publish in conjunction with 2000AD, a collection of Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy’s The Zaucer of Zilk in two oversize issues bursting at the staples, “with McCarthy’s brilliantly vivid art and he and Ewing’s fantastically ambitious story, taking readers on a wild, phantasmagorical journey across unique worlds with characters that are colorful to say the least.”
“When a despondent, alienated young man finds himself in a mysterious Technicolor candy shop, his world changes forever! Thrust into the magical, psychedelic world of Zilk and finding himself atop the throne of the legendary Zaucer!”
Legendary Comics also announced Mark Waid, Shane Davis and Max Brooks would be collaborating on Shadow Walk, a new graphic novel planned for 2013.
“As I Walk Through The Valley In The Shadow of Death.”
Is the Shadow of Death a metaphor or could it be a real place? Three separate incidents – in 1914, 1948, and 1968 – in a valley near modern day Iraq seem to give credence to those who believe it is a real place. In each incident, all occurring during a time of war, a group of soldiers disappears and is never heard from again. Satellite photos over the Valley displays images that seem to defy the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Firsthand accounts and video – previously never before having seen the light of day – from all three incidents portray remarkably consistent tales of men being mutilated and god awful shrieking that could only be from a demon or monster.
Now, two weeks ago, another photo taken over the area hints at some kind of new energy source. A small group of Special-Ops soldiers is sent into the Valley with two props – the skull of John the Baptist and a shard from the actual cross on which Jesus was crucified. Led by John Raines, an efficient killer with a strong code of ethics who has been rotting in Guantanamo for allegedly killing his entire platoon when he was dispatched into the Valley six months ago, they head into battle against a whole roster of creatures. Now they will find out once and for all if the road to Hell has just opened up.
For the first time in almost twenty years, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman will co-write (with Tom Waltz) and illustrate a TMNT story.
“Releasing in October this year, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2012 follows the adventure of Raphael and Casey as they find themselves in the middle of a criminal escapade gone wrong. Rival clans jockey for power in the NYC criminal underworld, and the Ninja Turtles are drawn into the chaos. Expect the unexpected in this exciting, all-new tale that sets up a crucial future TMNT storyline.”
