Apologies for a
hectic week and not enough comic-y goodness for all of you (largely
my fault, but I blame the IPL and various other things for our
shortcomings!) but we intend to make up for it and then some in the
days to come!
For those of you who
follow this stuff, there's a HUGE load of comic news that came out
during the recent Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo,
popularly known as C2E2 amongst fans. I've been keeping an eye on
their news and announcements and have for you here a sumptuous feast
of some of the most choice and tender treats to tickle your taste
buds!
This post is a
special recap where I've tried to put together as much of the news as
possible for your geeking-out pleasure (in alphabetical order for
general ease of use!).
So let's just get to
it shall we?
To kick things
off, from the strange and frighteningly awesome Avatar offices:
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Michael DiPascale’s new project announced at C2E2 is Hero Worship which will premier in July. Keith says that Avatar Press rarely does superhero comics, noting the exceptions by Warren Ellis, and Christos Gage, saying they don’t do them unless there’s something unique about them. He then describes Hero Worship a bit, telling us Zak Penn will be writing, and it’s a six issue miniseries and is about society’s worship of superheroes and how that can be used to screw the system. The main characters are Adam and Zenith. Adam is a normal boy and Zenith is a Superman-style superhero. Adam is Zenith’s biggest fan, and the book is not really about him, so much as the world around him.
