I know the buzz has certainly centered around the recently-announced Victorian Undead miniseries for the past two weeks. Ian Edginton’s got a great resume under his belt, including a lot of A-class 2000 AD work. I noticed a lot of commenters here, however, giving props to Ian’s current (excellent, I should say) run on Stormwatch: PHD, and I’ll have to agree they’re all well-deserved.

Here’s a preview of the next issue, which really starts off with a bang.

As promised last week, here’s a sneak peek inside This Is WildStorm Universe #0, debuting next week at San Diego Comic-Con. We’ll start you off with the sketch for Carlos D’Anda’s StormWatch team page - keep checking back this week for more!

Fans attending San Diego Comic-Con will get the first crack at a new giveaway book. (As if you all didn’t already have enough to be jealous about.)

This Is WildStorm Universe #0 works as a primer for new and long-time WSU fans alike - laying out where each WildStorm Universe team began, where they are now… and offering a few hints about their future. WildCats, The Authority, Gen13, StormWatch - they’re all here, along with a couple
surprises.

Here’s the cover, illustrated by Shane Davis and Sandra Hope. Click back here next week - we’ll be giving you a look inside.

I remember the first time I read PLANETARY, as a fresh-out-of-college newly minted assistant editor at Dark Horse Comics. There was a short preview in the back of another WildStorm book I’d purchased, and it blew me away—a fun, short story with some dynamite art.

At that point, my only introduction to Warren Ellis had been his terrific STORMWATCH work. With John Cassaday, I’d seen his unique and exciting DESPERADOES. But you could tell these guys were going to be huge. And with PLANETARY, you had the focus of two extraordinary creators with one singular story to tell…and boy, has it been one helluva journey! I would never have thought, all those years ago reading that short story, that someday I would be a senior editor at WildStorm Productions overseeing the final issue of this incredible, defining work. It’s taken some time to put all the pieces together, but I think it’s going to be a satisfying conclusion for all the fans who’ve patiently (and some impatiently!) waited all this time.

And I was right—Warren and John have definitely made names for themselves in the biz.

We’ve got another bonus this month for Warren Ellis fans—a reprinting of the killer RED series he did with the incomparable Cully Hamner (which is being developed into a movie, too, by Summit Entertainment!). It’s a special treat for fans of the story, as it reprints the miniseries AND has a ton of special “bonus” extras in the back (and it’s a solo reprinting, unlike the original version that had it as a flipbook with another series). Since I worked on the original mini, I thought it might be cool to have a peek at a couple elements that not even this exhaustive reprinting could show off. Enjoy!