Ethan Van Sciver leaving DC Comics, pursues creator owned project.

Ethan Van Sciver leaving DC,  going the creator owned route.

Cyberfrog By Ethan Van Sciver

      It was annouced a few days ago that long time exclusive DC Comics artist Ethan Van Scriver would be leaving DC Comics at the expiration of his contract. EVS has worked on many of DC's premier titles including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and several others. 

Cyberfrog By Ethan Van Sciver

     EVS now turns to his creator owned project Cberfrog: Bloodhoney. This 48 page graphic novel will be the first of four in the series centered around his 1993 creation Cyberfrog. His fans seem to be in his corner for this project as well. 

     On his twitter @ComicArtistPro Secrets he announced that his Indiegogo Crowdfunding campaign had surpassed the $200,000 range. At last check he had pledges of $210,383 with over 3,600 backers. With no plans to return to any of the big publishers and a willing audiance we can expect Cyberfrog to be around for a few more years at the least. 

     

      Though the book has been described as a one-shot it is also listed as a first of 4 in a series; in this book Cyberfrog comes out of hybernation to discover that Hornets have taken over the Earth and have enslaved man, using human skin to form their nest and even taking human blood to make their honey! It is up to Cyberfrog to save humanity. 

     With full funding coming in the first 20 minutes of his Indiegogo campaign, we can be sure to see Cyberfrog on store shelves in the near future.

First look at Heroes in Crisis interior art.

DC Comics Heroes in Crisis: a first look.

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     In a press release issued on Wednesday June 13th, 2018 DC Comics released details about its upcoming Heroes in Crisis. Written by Tom King and Clay Mann, this seven-issue miniseries will center on a Sanctuary built by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman. It's a place where the Heroes of this world can go and take a reprieve from the violence and villany they face in their daily lives. 

Cover to Heroes in Crisis.
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     The story will feature various DC heroes including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Booster Gold and the rest of the World's Greatest Super Heroes.

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 Tom King is a former counterterrorism operations officer with the C.I.A. and wanted to bring that world view to his comics. 

     In the release Tom King was quoted as saying, " I feel I'm part of a rolling generation of people who spent their twenties overseas fighting terrorism. Millions of people cycle through that machine and came home to America. And I think that sort of experience of violence is shaping who we are as a culture, and as a country. And I want to talk about that, want to talk about that experience, the experience of what violence can do to a person, to a community, to a nation, to a world."

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    In another Tweet Tom King gives us our first look and the interior art by Clay Mann gifting us this peek at the first page of Heroes in Crisis.    

Art by Clay Mann
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     The first issue written by Tom King with art by Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey, lettered by Clayton Cowels, and edited by Jamie S. Rich and Brittany Holzherr,  will hit comic book stores and be availble digitally September 26, 2018.