As American Vampire appears again in December 2013, The New York Times bestselling series will not be alone as Vertigo Comics has made a several announcements involving upcoming projects.
October 2013 is when the epic fantasy adventure Hinterkind which is written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Francesco Trifogli arrives in stores.
Decades after ‘The Blight’ all but wiped out the human race, Mother Nature is taking back what’s hers and she’s not alone … all the creatures of myth and legend have returned and they're not happy. After her grandfather disappears, Prosper Monday must leave the security and seclusion of her Central Park village to venture into the wilds to find him, unaware of how much the world has changed.
December 2013 marks the appearance of a dark, erotic thriller called The Discipline which is written Peter Milligan and drawn by Leo Fernandez.A privileged young woman named Melissa is thrust into a centuries old battle between good and evil. She begins an affair with a mysterious man named Orlando who opens her eyes to a sexually sinister world she never knew existed. Through this ritualistic seduction [‘The Discipline’], Orlando unlocks Melissa’s inner power and then enlists her into a shadowy war that has been fought for centuries.
November 2013 sees the creative team of novelist Tob Litt and artist Mark Buckingham (Fables) produce a monthly series featuring the Dead Boy Detectives from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman.
Two dead British school boys solve crimes in the 21st century with the help of a new female accomplice.
Two futuristic boxers, one on top of the world and the other tries to fight [and kill] his way there in a wildly popular reality sport that contestants are literally dying to be a part of … and to be the best, you have to murder the best.
October 2013 commences the collaboration between artist Inaki Miranda (Fairest: The Hidden Kingdom) and dark fantasy writer Caitlin Kittredge (Dark Days, The Mirrored Shard) christened Coffin Hill.
When she was 15, Eve Coffin summoned a darkness that had been buried since the Salem Witch Trials. Now Eve is back to harness the evil that destroyed her friends and is slowly taking over the sleepy town of Coffin Hill.
October 2013 is the time for The Witching Hour, an anthology of one-shot witchcraft short stories composed by the likes of Kelly Sue DeConnick, Cliff Chiang, Lauren Beukes, Emily Carroll, Matthew Sturges, Shawn McManus, and Tula Lotay.
For more information visit the official Vertigo news blog.
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