Buffy, Stephen King, and the Antichrist
Forthcoming titles:
The Highwaymen sounds like a great idea for a Hollywood buddy movie, albeit a geriatric one. Able “Speed” Monroe and Alistair McQueen were the ultimate couriers and they’re coming out of retirement for one last job, transporting a top secret package for a dead President. Writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman team with artist Lee Garbett. I’d love to see Sidney Poitier and Clint Eastwood in the inevitable film version. Coming from Wildstorm June 20. Anticipation factor: 7
The Weapon is another title that sounds like it would make a great film. A high tech invention, evil assassins and an ancient mystical martial art - this sounds perfect for Jet Li! Fred van Lente and Scott Koblish bring us this four issue actionfest. Coming from Platinum Studios in June. Anticipation factor: 7
Black Summer is a new series from my current favourite comic writer Warren Ellis. Here Warren once again turns his fevered imagination to the superhero genre but this promises a more explicit take than the usual Marvel/DC fare. Art is by Juan Jose Ryp. The eight issue series from Avatar starts in August but watch out for issue 0 before that. Anticipation factor: 8
Sheena Queen of the Jungle gets reinvented for the modern age by Robert Rodi and Matt Merhoff from a concept by Die Hard scriptwriter Stephen E. de Souza. Coming in June from Devil’s Due. Anticipation factor: 7
