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CURRENT PROJECTS Here's a listing of things I'm working on now — subject to change, of course. 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, with forays into their former realms, now ruled by the evil Adversary. Written by Bill Willingham, art on most issues by Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha, with guest artists on some issues. Cover art by James Jean. Winner of several Eisner awards. 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 and Matthew Sturges, art on most issues by Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy. Cover art by James Jean. Began lettering with issue 1.
©Mike Carey and Jim Fern CROSSING MIDNIGHT Great horror/fantasy thriller in a Japanese setting by popular writer Mike Carey, with art on most issues by Jim Fern and Mark Pennington. Covers by J.H. Williams III. Began lettering with issue 1. Final issue, 19, will be out soon.
©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. Further issues and other titles from Steve Rude's own imprint are planned. Having lettered two issues of this, I can happily report that I think long-time fans will be pleased. Nexus is back, and better than ever!
©Steve Niles, Scott Hampton and DC Comics, Inc. SIMON DARK A new DC Comics horror series from fan favorites writer Steve Niles and artist Scott Hampton. Began lettering with issue 1, and it reads and looks great, with atmospheric gray-tone art by Hampton and a scary storyline.
©DC Comics, Inc. HOUSE OF MYSTERY A new 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. Great stuff.
©Radical Comics, Inc. HERCULES Beautifully painted art complements the scripts by Steve Moore on this new historical adventure series following legendary Greek demigod Hercules and a band of battle-tested comrades as they fight in a neighboring kingdom as mercenaries. Action, intrigue and fine character work!
UPCOMING LIMITED SERIES
©Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill LEAGUE VOLUME 3: CENTURY Work has begun on this new series written by Alan Moore, art by Kevin O'Neill to be published to Top Shelf in the US, but you'll have a LONG wait for it, I'm afraid. Progress is very slow, as Kevin continues to research everything thoroughly and capture the best possible images from Alan's script in his own unique style.
©Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
Written by Brian Reed with great art by Lee Weeks and Stephano Gaudiano, a five-issue series. Recently completed.
©Marvel Entertainment, Inc. WAR IS HELL: FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE An aerial battle wartime series written by Garth Ennis with art by Howard Chaykin, from Marvel Comics. Some of Chaykin's best work, and Ennis's scripts are excellent as well. War comics at their best!
©Vertigo/DC Comics, Inc.
Written by David Tischman, art by Glenn Fabry, a mix of superheroes and 1960s rock and roll, from Vertigo/DC Comics. Think The Beatles meet Alan Moore's Captain Marvel. Fine work by all involved, and great fun for fans of 60s music.
©Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ETERNALS Following storylines from the Neil Gaiman relaunch of the Jack Kirby characters, this new series written by Charles and Daniel Knauf has fine painted art by Daniel Acuña, and interesting new twists and turns on the previous series.
©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!
UPCOMING SINGLE ISSUES
©Marvel Characters, Inc.
Not sure what the exact title of this one is, or when it will be released, but this origin story of the X-Men character Colossus was all lettered in 2007.
UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVELS
©Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell CORALINE This graphic version of Neil Gaiman's popular and award-winning children's novel has been adapted and pencilled by legendary artist P. Craig Russell, with digital inks and color by Lovern Kindzierski and lettering by me. It should see print from Harper Collins in 2008.
©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! Coming in 2008, I believe. All text and images ©Todd Klein, except as noted. All rights reserved. |
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