So I’m pretty sure this hasn’t been officially announced yet, but the cover to the first volume of WOLVERINE: PRODIGAL SON is now on Amazon.
(Except, um, it’s in black and white for some reason. I’ve seen the cover colours myself, so I know this isn’t final art, but I also know Amazon often requires covers many months in advance. I therefore assume this is just an old mockup done specifically for them. Hopefully it’ll be fixed soon enough.) [The final coloured cover is now up for all to see, so I’ve altered the image here.]
What’s more interesting is there’s now an official release date of April 7th 2009, and all this means it is, of course, available for preorder from Amazon US (or Amazon UK if you’re over here, naturally).
Speaking of release dates, DEAD SPACE has been brought forward by a week (again!) and will now ship on the 14th October in America.
There’s no official word on whether the European release will be moved forward too, but the expectation is that it’ll follow over here on the 17th October.
[ Dead Space / Wolverine / Videogames / Pre-order ]
Secret Identity, one of the oldest comics podcasts on the scene and long-time supporters of WASTELAND, interviewed me last week, and the episode is now live.
Host Brian LeTendre and I talk about WASTELAND and post-apocalyptic conventions, DEAD SPACE and horror movies, a little about the WOLVERINE manga (which I still can’t actually talk about much yet) and generally have a good yak. It’s good stuff (and if you remember the first time they interviewed me back in 2006, this is miles better—we did it all over Skype, for one thing).
You can download the episode (and subscribe, which I heartily recommend) through iTunes, or download it directly from Podomatic.
[ Dead Space / Wasteland / Wolverine / Interviews ]
At last weekend’s New York Comic-Con, Dallas Middaugh of Del Rey Manga announced Wilson Tortosa (TOMB RAIDER, BATTLE OF THE PLANETS) as the artist for my upcoming Wolverine manga.
Dallas also showed off some character designs for the book, which you can see at this Newsarama post. (Yes, new characters. No, no more details at this time. There’ll be plenty of PR as we get closer to the publication date, I promise you.)
I’ve never worked with Wilson before, but I couldn’t be happier with the pages he’s turning in. They’re dynamic, exciting and energetic, and he has some great storytelling chops. I have a good feeling about this one.
You can see more of Wilson’s sketches and work at his DeviantArt page.
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I saw the printer’s proof of DEAD SPACE #1 yesterday, and it looks stunning. Prequels are always a hard gig to pull off, because you have to tell a good story without giving too much of the main story away (i.e. the game, which is released on Halloween this year). But I think this is a good one. Quite proud of it, actually.
Ben and I will be at WonderCon next month to promote it. I believe there’ll be a short-run convention special of the first issue on sale there, and EA say they have some other promotional events lined up (though I have no idea what).
In other news, I’m about to start work on the WOLVERINE manga, I’ll shortly be writing WASTELAND #18, I’m contributing to the upcoming Tori Amos COMIC BOOK TATTOO anthology, and working apace on another of those left-field projects I mentioned a while back. Still can’t talk about it yet, though. Shame, it’s really cool.
And that’s about it for now (oh, is that all?!). WASTELAND #14 will be on sale shortly - when I know the exact date, I’ll let everyone know. Until then, it’s back to the grindstone for me…
[ Dead Space / Wasteland / Wolverine / Appearances / Anthologies ]
Told you it was left-field. As reported by Anime News Network, emphasis mine:
Representatives from Del Rey Manga and Marvel Comics announced today at the New York Anime Festival that the two companies will collaborate on two of Marvel’s most popular franchises, X-Men and Wolverine.
The first, X-Men, was described as a shōjo title — “X-Men meets Fruits Basket or Ouran High School Host Club” according to one panelist — features Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning as an all-boys’ school, with the only female student being Kitty Pryde.
[…]
Also announced was a collaborative series centered on the self-healing fan-favorite X-Men character Wolverine; details were sparse. Anthony Johnston will handle writing duties, and no artist for the title was announced.
Both titles were given a tentative publication date of Spring 2009.
(Yes, they spelt my name wrong. Plus ça change.)
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