Great Responsibility
ARMAGEDDON! SEX CRIMINALS! JUGHEAD?? A MUSTACHE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET!!
So! Marvel released my third teaser for AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON!
I was very happy when I thought of Wolverine’s claws referencing the Avengers A.
And here’s all of them!
I love that Marvel lets me do stuff like this. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing comics, but getting to do some fun design and illustration once in a while just scratches a real itch.
Also! Here’s something COOLER, if that’s even possible!!! Duke Rian’s cover for issue one!
Also, I have to shout out Marvel designer Jay Bowen for his excellent logo treatment! He’s an unsung hero in the Marvel Bullpen.
So, yeah! This is coming together like a DREAM. I know it’s illegal for me to show you interior art, but I’m the Bad Boy of Comics—
AGAIN, YOU’RE FIFTY YEARS OLD
okay fine, then AGAIN, I’m the Bad MAN of Comics! Anyway! Look at Delio and Frank’s T’Challa and Wakanda! Like, holy SHIT am I right??
You’re not ready.
Speaking of AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON, a few people have asked me for a reading list to prepare for this book. Here’s what I’d suggest:
CAPTAIN AMERICA #6-11: I would also suggest #1-5 just ‘cause they’re beautiful comics, but this arc tees up both Cap and Ross for ARMAGEDDON!
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #1-4: This bad boy has ARMAGEDDON right in the title so it’s a for-sure read! This mini sets Logan up for AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON, and, honestly, the ending of this will be huge for the Avengers and this event going forward.
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #1-19: Honestly I just wanted to help these guys out. I know you’re sick of Batman, but give it a shot!! It’s good, I swear!!
And that’s it … for now!
Here’s something super fun!
ONI has partnered up with Archie Comics and they’re re-releasing my JUGHEAD series with Erica Henderson in a new compact edition!
Normally I wouldn’t get so excited for a re-release but man oh man I think JUGHEAD is my favourite thing I’ve ever been a part of. These comics were so fun to make, and it was a joy to write something that the whole family can read (except for grandpa who insists “this aint’ my Jughead” as he stares longingly out the window, thinking about that summer so many years ago…).
In TEEVEE NEWS, my dearest chum, Mr. Matt Fraction, stopped into the SEX CRIMINALS Writer’s Room and reported back to me that the “vibes were good”!
Everything I’ve been reading from that room has been AMAZING. Genuinely feels like both a faithful adaptation and a perfect expansion of that world. And yes, I have let them know that I’m willing to shave my beard off in order to play a “perverted barista” or “perverted bookstore employee” or “perverted comic book artist”
JESUS CHRIST
what
Weirdly, that mustache would have come in handy back when I was working on JUGHEAD. The RIVERDALE show was happening at the same time, so I kept petitioning to be in the show as “Sexy Svenson”, the janitor, to the point where I’m in a nameless ARCHIE employee’s phone as this:
Anyway! Teevee! It’s all very exciting! And the word from the STILLWATER Writer’s Room has ALSO been amazing! Very surreal to see people writing your characters and also doing it better. There were moments reading the pilot that I went “fuck why didn’t I think of that”
And yes, I’m trying to get a role in that as well, as a “perverted shopkeep” or “perverted mayor.”
Until then, I guess I just have to be cool with being “perverted Captain America writer.”
Oh! Also! Our big MAD ABOUT DC special is heading to Ye Olde Printer and you NEED to let Ye Olde Comic Shoppe know that you want one!! It’s really good even though, yes, I did put this disclaimer on the cover!
Okay! Bye!
UPCOMING BOOKS
CAPTAIN AMERICA #8 — March 18
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #2 — March 25
MAD ABOUT DC — April 1
CAPTAIN AMERICA #9— April 21
CAPTAIN AMERICA #10 — April 29
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #3 — April 29
BATMAN BY CHIP ZDARSKY VOL 1 — April 29
CAPTAIN AMERICA #11 — May 13
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #4 — May 20
BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS OMNIBUS VOL 1 — May 26
CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 — June 30
WHITE HOUSE ROBOT ROMANCE HC— Oct 20
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
GALAXY CON RICHMOND — March 19-22
One of my favorite things about Avengers: Armageddon has been the incredible teaser posters made by you in the lead up to the event. If the actual book is even as half as good as those posters then I'd say we're in for a good time (especially with that awesome tease of Delio and Frank's artwork). Also, you with just a mustache and no beard might be one of the most cursed things I've ever seen on the internet. Which is really saying something, considering some of the stuff I've seen.
Just preordered your Mad variant last night! It's a very exciting time to be a Chomp Zamboni fan