With all the announcements coming out of Comic Con 2009, Image Comics has taken the rather unusual and perhaps ingenious approach of issuing a press release about an announcement that wasn’t made. With all the news covering what did happen at Comic Con, what better way to stand out than to talk about something that didn’t happen.According to the Image Comics release, Madman Atomic Comics’ Mike Allred andSoul Kiss’ Steven T. Seagle have confirmed that they did not announce a new project at this year’s Comic Con International during the Mike Allred spotlight panel. The reason for the non-announcement was cited as being the sheer number of announcements made at the show this year was reason enough to withhold information.”We would have been be lost in the shuffle,” Allred said. “Especially since I was already announcing the new graphic novel I am co-editing, One Model Nation, by writer Courtney Taylor and illustrator Jim Rugg as well my all-new the Vertigo series, I, Zombie. I thought it might be better to just wait until later, and Seagle just kept saying we shouldn’t do it at all.”Even though the duo did not make an announcement, they also did not deny that the book will be a co-production of Allred’s AAA POP, Seagle’s MAN OF ACTION STUDIOS and publisher Image Comics. They also refused to confirm the five issue series was set for 2010.The Image Comics press release also noted that Seagle and Allred have begun work on – but not completed – three previous series: Look for shuttered publisher Tundra, Jaguar Stories for shuttered publisher Comico, and Big World which was not approved years ago by Vertigo.Image also added that Seagle couldn’t confirm the existence of a script, nor of almost a hundred pages of art already produced. In regards to if the project would be announced at a later date Seagle stated: “Some stories should not be told.”
