Today at Image Expo, arguably nobody was busier than Nick Spencer, who announced three new series to launch in 2014 with the publisher.Already writer of Image Comics’s Morning Glories and Bedlam along with a bunch of work-for-hire titles at Marvel, Spencer nevertheless has time in his schedule for Great Beyond, Paradigms and Cerulean.Great Beyond features art by Change artist Morgan Jeske. Spencer compares it to his series Infinite Vacation, saying it’s about “a post-life environment where your status after death is dependent on your bank account during your life.”
Paradigms
The Adventures of Superman
Captain America
A Game of Thrones
Cerulean
A contemporary fantasy epic with a spy thriller aesthetic, PARADIGMS will showcase art by Butch Guice (Captain America, Superman) and explore a world that exists beyond, or more specifically behind, ours. In the shadows where magic is real, warring clans of sorcerers battle for power and the favor of their gods.
A sci-fi thriller of dead worlds, lost secrets, and hidden dangers, CERULEAN, with art by Frazer Irving (MORNING GLORIES, BEDLAM, Batman), follows the last survivors of the destruction of Earth as they struggle to rebuild civilization on a distant planet full of its own mysteries.
In the GREAT BEYOND, featuring art by Morgan Jeske (ZERO, SEX) a “post-life community” values the size of your bank account over morals and values—and your place in the hereafter is determined by it. But then polite society is rocked by the apparent suicide of one of its own.
“I knew I wanted 2014 to be a big year for my creator-owned work, but I never dreamed I’d get the opportunity to work with so many incredible artists! Collaborating with a legend like Butch, a visionary like Frazer, or an exciting new star like Morgan, it just makes you want to tell great stories with them and do the best work you possibly can. And it’s always great to be doing it at Image, which has been like home to me the entirety of my career. I really believe in what we’re doing here, and I can’t wait for people to see what’s next.”
No specific dates are yet available as to when the three titles will launch.
