I tried to follow the highlights of the con as best I could, and I've rounded up what I consider to be the coolest, most interesting news coming out of the con. So here are my SDCC highlights:
Best Continuing Series went to Chew, which I think is well deserved. The comic won Best New Series last year, so this is a move in the right direction for the comic. Joe Hill pulled in an Eisner for Best Writer, and Darwyn Cooke, deservedly took home the Best Writer/Artist for his adaptations of the Richard Stark Parker novels The Hunter and The Outfit.
Nate Simpson won the Richard Manning Promising Newcomer Award for his one issue of Nonplayer. That might seem like a very small body of work to go off in order to give such a fancy award, but believe me, Nonplayer is stunning, and Nate Simpson totally deserves the accolades.
The Underwater Welder: From the looks of things (Thanks Multiversity Comics!) it would appear that Jeff Lemire's next graphic novel, The Underwater Welder, will make its debut at next year's SDCC.Lemire made this announcement via Twitter, so there isn't a lot of detail to tell about it. Other than that little tid-bit I know that it is written and illustrated by Lemire, so in my book, that means it'll likely be pretty fucking awesome.
When I spoke to Lemire at the Emerald City Comicon he said that out of all his work in comics he is most proud of The Underwater Welder, so that right there is a pretty good endorsement. I'm looking forward to it.
Image Announces Some NEW* Comics: When the Image Comic announcements came out I was particularly interested to see what they were promoting because, well frankly, they are putting out the best comics right now. So, I was totally surprised to see that they were pimping a fucking MacGyver comic. Yeah, that MacGyver. I'm pretty sure this is seriously gonna be a comic. I look forward to giving that first MacGyver issue a flip-check.
Another cool announcement was that Kurtis J. Wiebe, who has been continuously impressive on both The Intrepids and Green Wake will have a new comic titled Peter Panzerfaust which will hit shelves sometime in 2012. I wish there was more information about it available, but so far, just a cover image.
It also looks like the current Witch Doctor mini-series will be followed up with a one-shot in December, and another mini in March of 2012...it's nice to see Image will still be bringing the thunder well into 2012. (Props to Comics Alliance and Multiversity Comics for their information!)
The 6th Gun TV Adaptation: It looks like one of my favorite ongoing comics, The Sixth Gun will be getting a TV adaptation soon. The Syfy channel will be handling what looks to be a six episode mini-series that will cover the events of the first arc.I have mixed feelings about this adaptation business. Brian K. Vaughn said in a recent interview that "Comics should be the destination...not the blueprint" and I agree, but I also find that I enjoy seeing live action adaptations of my favorite stories...though I never enjoy them as much as the source material. (Thanks to Comics Alliance for the pic and the information!)
Jeff Lemire talked about his two titles Animal Man and Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E.
It looks like Animal Man is gonna be more of a horror book rather than a super hero book. Which is a relief to me, since I'm not so sure how excited I am for this comic, but had planned on checking it out simply for the fact that it is written by Lemire. That it will be a horror comic makes me more excited.
Frankenstein is gonna be more about balls out action, and the art for the series looks to fit that description quite well. I guess there'll be some one-shots, with guest artists, mixed in which will explore Frank's history through the various people whose bodies were used to create the monster. (Once again, Comics Alliance with the info and art!)
Hickman is a big name in comics, thanks in large part to his work with Marvel. However, I'm most interested in his creator owned material, so it is good to hear that after he completes his current creator owned Image series The Red Wing he'll be moving on to more creator owned stuff.
My perusal of the Multiversity Comics blog tells me that the first one will be titled The Manhattan Projects and will about the men who created the nuclear bomb, and the second, Secret will be a corporate espionage story. Hickman said that both titles will run longer than his usual mini's and come in around fifteen issues. All around good news. The comics both sound pretty interesting, so I'll be looking forward to them whenever they come out...
The story will follow a family during their struggle to survive an intergalactic war. The art will be handled by Fiona Staples, who, judging from the teaser image, is a great choice for the comic.
There isn't a lot of information available, but once again, Comics Alliance delivers the news, and scores an interview with Vaughan where he talks a little bit more about the comic.
I'm particularly excited about Saga for the fact that it is written by Vaughan. Y: The Last Man is one of my all time favorite comic series, and Ex Machina, pending a solid ending, will be right up there too. So, yeah, I have high hopes for this series. You can bet I'll be updating information on this when more info is available.
So, that's all the news that I found particularly interesting coming out of SDCC 2011. There were oodles and oodles of other announcements and promotions, but for my money, the above is what I consider to be the coolest stuff.
Once again, I'd like to thank Comics Alliance and Multiversity comics for their amazing coverage of the con. I would be mostly ignorant of the SDCC happenings if not for these two sites, and for sure, this post would be a joke without their professional coverage.
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