Lapham and Moore Return!
2008 seems to be filled with comic self-publishing stars from the 1990s returning to the ongoing comic series. Leaders of the self-publishing movement like Jeff Smith and Dave Sim have new books in the works. This week, two more big names of that era return to the shelves with new books: Terry Moore and David Lapham.
Even though Strangers in Paradise is over, Terry Moore is going to continue on self-publishing with his new series Echo. The series will be a science fiction thriller starring a young photographer named Julie Martin. According to an interview with Comic Book Resources, Moore gives a more detailed series description saying, “Julie becomes the unwilling host to a symbiotic nuclear weapon, then decides to run rather than return it to the corrupt scientist who wants it back…” Like his previous self-published work, Echo will be a black and white comic. He plans for an issue to be released every six weeks and to collect the issues first trade paperbacks containing six issues. Later, pocket books similar to the ones released for Strangers in Paradise will be released containing twenty issues.
While Terry Moore has to not only create each issue of Echo but also develop its publishing plan, David Lapham only has to worry about the creative end of his new series Young Liars. This ongoing comic series is not going to be released under Lapham’s publishing company El Capatin, but instead will be published through DC Comics’ imprint Vertigo. According to the DC Comic’s webpage for Young Liars, the series will follow “…the disturbing relationship between Danny Noonan, a habitual liar and crap guitar player from Texas, and Sadie Dawkins, the object of his desire.” The first six-issue story arc will tell how Sadie ended up with a bullet lodged in her head as well as the ramifications that it has on the people around her. David has the series planned out for the first two story arcs, which will include the first twelve issues of Young Liars.
Hopefully, the two series will deliver the same quality of stories found in their previous self published work. In the past, these creators have branched out to work outside their name making series and received mixed reviews from their fans and critics alike. Both the Comic Book Resources’ interview with Terry Moore mentioned earlier and an interview at Newsarama with Lapham contains preview pages of the new series. You should check them out and get an idea of what these two series will be like.
-Nick
Even though Strangers in Paradise is over, Terry Moore is going to continue on self-publishing with his new series Echo. The series will be a science fiction thriller starring a young photographer named Julie Martin. According to an interview with Comic Book Resources, Moore gives a more detailed series description saying, “Julie becomes the unwilling host to a symbiotic nuclear weapon, then decides to run rather than return it to the corrupt scientist who wants it back…” Like his previous self-published work, Echo will be a black and white comic. He plans for an issue to be released every six weeks and to collect the issues first trade paperbacks containing six issues. Later, pocket books similar to the ones released for Strangers in Paradise will be released containing twenty issues.
While Terry Moore has to not only create each issue of Echo but also develop its publishing plan, David Lapham only has to worry about the creative end of his new series Young Liars. This ongoing comic series is not going to be released under Lapham’s publishing company El Capatin, but instead will be published through DC Comics’ imprint Vertigo. According to the DC Comic’s webpage for Young Liars, the series will follow “…the disturbing relationship between Danny Noonan, a habitual liar and crap guitar player from Texas, and Sadie Dawkins, the object of his desire.” The first six-issue story arc will tell how Sadie ended up with a bullet lodged in her head as well as the ramifications that it has on the people around her. David has the series planned out for the first two story arcs, which will include the first twelve issues of Young Liars.
Hopefully, the two series will deliver the same quality of stories found in their previous self published work. In the past, these creators have branched out to work outside their name making series and received mixed reviews from their fans and critics alike. Both the Comic Book Resources’ interview with Terry Moore mentioned earlier and an interview at Newsarama with Lapham contains preview pages of the new series. You should check them out and get an idea of what these two series will be like.
-Nick
posted by Star Clipper at Sunday, March 02, 2008
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