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CURRENT PROJECTS Here's a listing of things I'm working on now — subject to change, of course. Some of these may not be announced yet, and information on them is purposely vague. CURRENT ONGOING SERIES
©DC Comics, Inc FABLES Familiar characters from fables, folk tales and myth, but each with a modern twist, hiding out in modern day New York City and upstate New York. Written by Bill Willingham with art usually by Mark Buckingham, but it's Tony Akins instead at the moment. Things are pretty mixed up in the Fables world right now, due to the Great Fables Crossover. For instance, Jack is back in the Fables book, creating his usual havok. Great stuff! One of my favorite projects. Began lettering with issue 1.
©DC Comics, Inc. JACK OF FABLES Spinoff from Fables featuring everyone's favorite bad boy trickster, Jack of the Tales in adventures across America. Co-written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges, art on most issues by Tony Akins or Russ Braun. Cover art by Brian Bolland. And with the Great Fables Crossover taking place, Jack himself is not in his own book right now! Instead, here are some of the Genres, from the spin-off mini-series The Literals. Began lettering with issue 1.
©DC Comics, Inc. HOUSE OF MYSTERY DC Comics horror/mystery series from writers Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges (of FABLES and JACK OF FABLES fame), relaunching one of DC's past titles. This is not planned as an anthology, but is a continuing story, though each issue will have an inset short story about one of the characters. Recent issues have seen work by Bernie Wrightson, Neal Adams, and Gilbert Hernandez in those. Well worth checking out. Began lettering with issue 1.
© Vertigo/DC Comics, Inc. THE UNWRITTEN New ongoing series written by Mike Carey, art by Peter Gross. Tom Taylor's father was the writer of a hugely successful series of books about a boy wizard, but he disappeared suddenly, leaving Tom with an uneasy career as the "boy from the books," something he'd rather not be. Suddenly, though, characters and situations from the fictional series begin coming to life, prompting Tom to go on a quest to find out the truth behind his father's disappearance and the magic now manifest all around him. Well done horror/mystery book with lots of suspense. Began lettering with issue 1.
© DC Comics, Inc. BATWOMAN starring in DETECTIVE COMICS Written by Greg Rucka, with stunning art by J.H. Williams III, this series has been in the works for several years, and I'm so glad it's finally coming out! Wonderful work by J.H. Began lettering with first installment, Detective Comics #854.
LIMITED SERIES
© Vertigo/DC Comics, Inc. THE LITERALS This three-issue mini-series written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, art by Mark Buckingham, is part of The Great Fables Crossover, and features The Genres, among many other cool characters from both the FABLES and JACK OF FABLES books. It's a crossover of the best kind, one continuous story, well told.
©Rude Dude Productions NEXUS Beginning summer 2007 the award-winning and fan favorite science fiction adventure series returned from the original creators, writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude. The Four issue story "Space Opera" will appear in issues 99-102. These are all now lettered, though only issues 99 and 100 have seen print. Issues 101 and 101 will be published in one book soon, I believe. Further issues and other titles from Steve Rude's own imprint are planned.
©Radical Comics, Inc. HERCULES: KNIVES OF KUSH Beautifully painted art complements the scripts by Steve Moore on this second historical adventure series following legendary Greek demigod Hercules and a band of battle-tested comrades as they fight foes and intrigue in Egypt. The first issue has been lettered.
©Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill LEAGUE VOLUME 3: CENTURY The first issue of this new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen mini-series written by Alan Moore, art by Kevin O'Neill has just been published. I haven't begun work yet on the second issue, so I don't expect it will see print this year, but as in all things LOEG, it's worth the wait in my opinion.
©Marvel Entertainment, Inc. AVENGERS/INVADERS Written by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger, art by Steve Sadowski and inLight Studios, the 1940s wartime hero team The Invaders is brought suddenly from battle-torn Europe to New York City in our own time, and places them in direct conflict with the superheroes of the current Marvel universe. Fun stuff!
© Vertigo/DC Comics, Inc. SEAGUY: SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE The first issue of this mini-series sequel written by Grant Morrison, art by Cameron Stewart, is out now, and all three have been lettered. More surreal fun from Grant, unlike anything else on the racks.
© Vertigo/DC Comics, Inc. CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE A new Fables mini-series written by Chris Roberson, art by Shawn McManus. Haven't started working on it yet, but the art looks great.
UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVELS
THE GREEN WOMAN Information on this is not yet released, and may not be for some time, but it sure looks terrific!
©Marvel Characters, Inc. MAN-THING Not sure what the final title of this will be, it's a script from the 1990s, I believe, by Steve Gerber, with terrific art by Kevin Nowlan, who started it a long time ago, and is now finally wrapping it up. Wild stuff, wonderful art! The project has been dormant for a while, but Marvel recently asked for lettering on most of the remaining pages (a few still to come from Kevin), so hopefully it will see print this year. DESIGN I'm currently working with Marvel Editor Steve Wacker and Spanish comics artist Marcos Martin on a series of variant covers celebrating the 70th anniversary of Timely/Marvel Comics. This involves turning Marcos' layouts like this one…
©Marvel Characters, Inc. …into finished cover designs like this:
©Marvel Characters, Inc. It's been a fun process, and Marcos is great to work with. He has very definite ideas about what works for him. I like that. An interview and article showing more examples is HERE. All text and images ©Todd Klein, except as noted. All rights reserved. |
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