According to many sources, Rob Liefeld is returning to Youngblood (I guess we can pretend like the Rev thing never happened).
Liefeld will return to write and illustrate a Youngblood title for Image Comics, which will publish the book next year. It marks his first work on the property in seven years, and he is working with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who oversees the property for rights holder, Rip Media Inc.
“It’s so great that I can run into the comfort of characters that I created, that launched a movement. They carry such history. I love Youngblood so much. These characters are my absolute passion,” said Liefeld.
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In addition to the new series, Image will publish Youngblood Vault Edition, featuring high-res scans of the original art from the first Youngblood series, collected in a deluxe oversized hardcover. There will also be a facsimile edition of Youngblood #1 to timed to its 33rd anniversary in April 2025.
“Rob and I are a fantastic team, and I’m as excited now for Youngblood’s relaunch as I was in 1992 for its initial launch,” said Rosenberg, adding, “I’m excited to bring them to audiences old and new with their original creator, Rob Liefeld.”
For those who don't remember, Rosenberg's co-owned RIP (which now owns the rights) pulled the rug out from Liefeld and licensed the characters to Andrew Rev, who promised all sorts of things. Liefeld swore that the characters were dead to him. Several years later, here we are.
There has been a pretty drastic and nostalgic reappraisal of Rob and the Extreme characters over the past few years. It could mean good things for Supreme down the line. I’m pretty shocked that there will actually be a Youngblood Vault Edition (and I’ll happily buy it).
ReplyDeleteHave you been reading liefeld's last blood? I just read the last issue and it teased bringing back quite a few concepts from the awesome days.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I personally never overlooked was Liefeld has creativity and he loves comics, he has enduring and longstanding enthusiasm and creativity. Personally I _don't_ know his total background (IMAGE/Road to Independence by Khoury planned to talk/interview with Lifeld but other creators instead agreed to interviews) background with IMAGE and being there at the genesis/birth of IMAGE and the titles (many are collectibles AND many Image floppies and stories fill the 51 cent comics' boxes in local large bookstores). I did not read them at all and someone loaned me SPAWN and a few years later "Supreme" came into my radar. Then I bought HALO JONES; Marvelman/MIRACLEMAN; America's Best and PROMETHEA and many related to and including 2000A.D. and Moore works!
ReplyDelete--this blog here is for Moore (generally about A. Moore); it seems Supreme has been in limbo. Maybe, just perhaps these MOORE works become a newer or now-to-be-hardcover. Yep, the CHECKER ones had lower quality.
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