Executive Editor Karen Berger moderated the panel on Vertigo's current and upcoming titles!
The Vertigo Visions panel at New York Comic-Con took place on Friday October 14. In it, Berger led us through what's coming up at Vertigo, thus highlighting the variety and excitement of comics published through the imprint.
Berger announces that Vertigo will be going day and date digital with all titles "very soon."
Scalped: The series will be ending with issue #60. Jason Aaron thanked his fans for the support over the course of the series. Berger called it "on the shortlist of the best things Vertigo has ever done."
ADD: Written by Douglas Rushkoff, is a new graphic novel coming out at the end of the year. As Rushkoff describes it: "What if ADD is an adaptive feature in a world where everyone is trying to program you everywhere you go." In the world of
ADD, "kids are raised to be video game testers from the Gamete stage." The book promises to raise questions about the way entertainment culture dominates our lives; Rushkoff referred to being at an entertainment event like Comic-Con while the Occupy Wall Street crowd was being threatened with eviction from New York's Zuccoti Park that same day. "When does pop culture let us see through this domination, and when does it shield us from it?"
Gone to Amerikay: Berger talked about the new OGN by Derek McCullough and Colleen Doran, which focuses on three generations of Irish immigrants moving to America.
Fables: Berger describes the series as "better than those rip-off TV shows." She also stated that they're going to keep trying to get
Fables on television. Showing the cover to the Christmas issue, editor Shelly Bond simply stated that "something terrible will happen." It's also the first issue of Fables that will be available digitally. The Vertigo digital pricing structure will be the same as the DC mainline digital comics ($2.99 for the first month, $1.99 starting the second month).
Fairest: This is a new
Fables spin-off focusing on the ladies of the Fables universe. Bill Willingham is writing the first arc, with Phil Jimenez providing pencils. "It's wonderful to get a script from an author who is still so passionate about his work, and from whom I can still learn so much" says Jimenez. Berger then says that it's exciting to have Jimenez working for Vertigo again.
Spaceman: This is a nine-issue series by the creative team of
100 Bullets. "People that have seen it and read it say it's better than 100 Bullets," says writer Brian Azzarello, "but I think that's bullshit." Berger says the book takes place in the future, but "it isn't what you'd expect from a futuristic society." The series starts at the end of October. The first issue is $1.00 in print, and 99 cents digitally. Says Azzarello: "Do Vertigo a favor and make it outsell Justice League." Berger then says that there's been no original content available for 99 cents before.
iZombie: Writer Chris Roberson relates that we'll see "Spot's first date" and we'll learn a lot more about him. Berger: "Probably one of our lighter-toned series." Roberson: "Well, it is about a girl who digs up dead bodies and eats them!"
Marzi: Originally published in France by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia.
Marzi is an autobiographical OGN about Marzena's experiences growing up in Communist Poland. Sowa had never thought about creating comic books since the medium isn't so big in Poland, but when she moved to France and met Sylvain, she became more interested in telling her story this way.
Voodoo Child: Created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and Denys Cowan, is "about a city and a woman. The city is the New Orleans we know, and also the New Orleans we don't know...the supernatural side," says Hinds. "This is not your grandfather's Voodoo...I try to deal with Voodoo in a similar context to the way Mike Carey dealt with Christianity in Lucifer."
Saucer Country: Created by Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly, this series was described by Will Dennis as "The West Wing meets The X-Files." The Mexican-American Governor of New Mexico announces her candidacy for the Presidency, but is then abducted by aliens. The book promises to explore UFO mythology as well as American politics.
The Unwritten: The stalwart book will embark on a massive ten part story which will come out twice a month. Every other issue will be a "0.5" issue, which will be standalone stories each drawn by a different artist that will focus on certain side characters. Berger: "It's a really disturbing story."
Hellblazer: The Annual will be created by Peter Milligan and Simon Bisley.
A Flight of Angels: A new OGN with art by Rebecca Guay will come out on November 7. Guay states that the book is "a deep labor of love, it's two and a half years in the making. I wanted to do an arc of angel stories, falling in love, falling from grace, etc. but in a different way than I had seen before...with more edge and more romance...If you like angels and fairies and intrigue and a little murder, and romance, and beautiful naked people, you'll like this."
The Annotated Sandman: This is a four volume series by editor Leslie S. Klinger which will take a panel-by-panel look at every issue of Neil Gaiman's
Sandman via interviews, historical notes, etc. The first volume, according to Berger will be 700 pages (the solicitation says it will be 560 pages) for $49.99
American Vampire: The 50's arc starts in issue #22. It introduces a new character named Travis that's sort of the Van Helsing of American Vampire. The covers to this arc will recall 50's advertising. Travis is a "rockabilly, vampire killing, mental patient," as described by writer Scott Snyder, who puts in wooden teeth and bites vampires when he kills them (Travis, not Snyder)
The Millennium Trilogy: Vertigo will be adapting the famous
Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson starting in 2012. Each book will be split into two graphic novels. Creative teams will be announced soon. This will be Vertigo's first adaptation since Neil Gaiman's
Neverwhere.
Written or Contributed by: Royal Nonesuch
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by LOLtron » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:31 pm 
But looks good.
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