Jeff Lemire is one of the real workhorses of DC Comics — if Grant Morrison and Scott Snyder pass on a writing assignment, it pretty much goes to Lemire by default.
Lemire’s creator-owned Vertigo series Sweet Tooth is ending soon. Lemire was both writer and artist for Sweet Tooth, so it wrapping up frees up a lot of time for the guy. What’s Lemire going to do with that time? Well, based on some recent images tweeted by Lemire, he’s going to be delving into DC’s back catalog and reviving some pretty obscure s–t. Such as…
Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth – A Tarzan-like kid who lives in a post-Apocalyptic future filled with talking animals. One of those weird late-career Jack Kirby creations you have to say you like to call yourself a true comics nerd.
Jemm Son of Saturn – Martian Manhunter’s red cousin, because kids like color-coding.
Red Tornado – Crying robot.
The Spectre – The undead Spirit of Justice. Consistently one of DC’s most misused characters.
So yeah, will these guys all be getting new series in 2013? Maybe they’ll all be part of some sort of incredibly random new super-team? Who knows. Which might you pick up? A Lemire-written Spectre series sounds intriguing to me.
via Comic Book
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Lemire on the Spectre? HELL. YES.
I’ll buy that with a holofoil.
Yes definitely sounds good
didn’t he also tweet a teen titans pic?
I think it was Doom Patrol — and if there’s one team wacky enough to contain all these characters, it’s probably that one.
I would immediately read every issue of a lemire written doom patrol, even if it had John the Weeping Robot in it.
Unrelated: I feel like a failure as both a comic nerd and a st. john’s fan that I just now made the connection between red storm/red tornado.
I’ll read anything he does, but Kamandi seems like a bit of a retread of Sweet Tooth, no? I’m sure he can come up with a good take on the character, but maybe he should stretch his legs a bit and go for something other than the “post-apocalyptic & talking animals” route
I’ve personally never heard of Kamandi, having been a Marvel man myself growing up. Is it any good? The idea sounds intriguing, but the description of “having to like it or you’re not a real comic nerd” doesn’t make it sound too appealing.
I’m surprised the Spectre hasn’t shown up in Justice League Dark yet. Maybe he will now.