Dynamite Announces Historical Fantasy Blood Queen With Fritz Casas and Sparkshooter’s Troy Brownfield

Today at the ComicsPro Retailer Summit in Atlanta, Dynamite Entertainment announced the launch of a new title based (loosely) on the “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory, set to launch as an ongoing, monthly comic in June 2014.Titled Blood Queen, the series will be written by Sparkshooter‘s Troy Brownfield (formerly my editor at Newsarama, just so that’s been established) and drawn by Fritz Casas.It’s the first ongoing series for Brownfield (at least in print), but not his first turn with Dynamite; prior to heading to Zenescope to be a kind of utility infielder there, writing one-shots and miniseries and filling holes in the creative lineup, the writer had a Buck Rogers annual at the publisher, which he co-wrote with Newsarama founder Matt Brady.