Rick Remender News

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I'm all for new stuff.  I love Marvel and DC's stuff but I have to admit I am getting a little tired of all the "event" comics.  What happened to the days you could pick up an issue or series without it being tied into some huge monstrous story arc?  I enjoy them as much as the next person but I'd like to see something more self contained from time to time.

And as much as I enjoy the superhero comics, it's also nice to read something non-superpowered.  I like the idea of an action-adventure without the budget restraints of Hollywood.  I think this is worth checking out.

'Fear Agent' writer to launch new military action/thriller series based on characters from Lanard

Devil's Due will bring on one of comics' strongest action writers this Fall for a brand new high-octane military and espionage series based on one of the toy industry's longest running action figure lines. Launching in October, DDP will present the brand new ongoing series The Corps! written by Rick Remender (Fear Agent, Wolverine: Dangerous Games).

"The Corps! will be a high tension, high stakes, shotgun blast of adventure set all over the world," says Remender. "The Corps! is a merging of the intrigue of Mission: Impossible, the ugly wartime realism of Band of Brothers and the high adventure of a 007 film."

The Corps! will build on characters already established in Lanard Toys' two-decade old line of action figures and vehicles that has included more than 50 releases. For the first time in the history of The Corps! DDP will construct a gigantic universe built from the kind of explosive plot-twisting surprises that Remender is known for.

"The series will take place from the frozen planes of the Arctic, to the unexplored depths of the Atlantic, to the treacherous slums of Brazil and as far as the cold vacuum of space," Remender teases.

 
More news and information will be available about The Corps! from DDP this July at San Diego Comic-Con.

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Here's some stuff from Image this week.  We have three dark titles to choose from all dealing with either zombies or murder.  Okay so maybe PvP isn't really dark but it's always been a favorite of mine.  Don't forget, there is more than just Marvel and DC.  Branch out a little and see what you're missing.

CRAWL SPACE #1
story RICK REMENDER, KIERON DWYER & TONY MOORE, art KIERON DWYER,
covers KIERON DWYER & TONY MOORE

32 PAGES, FC, $2.99

Welcome to CRAWL SPACE! A new ongoing series in the tradition of
TALES FROM THE CRYPT, featuring tales of ghoulish terror!

“XXXOMBIES,” Part One of Three
Eisner nominees KIERON DWYER (REMAINS) and TONY MOORE (THE WALKING
DEAD, FEAR AGENT), return to zombie comics with fan favorite writer
RICK REMENDER (FEAR AGENT, SEA OF RED) to bring you the last word in
zombiesplotaion. It’s 1977, and a sleazy producer has gathered a
bevy of adult stars for a weeklong film shoot. When they emerge, they
discover a zombie plague has overrun a now-quarantined Los Angeles!

If you like TALES FROM THE CRYPT, EERIE or CREEPSHOW, you’ll love
CRAWL SPACE!

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

THE WALKING DEAD #43
story ROBERT KIRKMAN, art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

32 PAGES, BW, $2.99

Living safely among the dead for so long can make you let your guard
down. You forget how dangerous they truly are. Mistakes are made...
lives are lost.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES



PVP #35
story, art, & cover SCOTT KURTZ

24 PAGES, BW, $3.50

When Scratch Fury, the office cat, experiences his first kill, he is
overtaken by an unquenchable blood thirst that can only lead to...
MURDER?!!

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Yeah, my parents had a freaky crawlspace in our basement when I was growing up.  I think I literally saw the thing open maybe three times.  It was s-p-o-o-o-o-k-y.  My dad even kept duct tape over the door.   As we would sit in the basement, sometimes our eyes would wander over to that door.   What was behind it?   Could something bust through the tape on our side?  Oooooooh.

But this sounds....really interesting.  Zombies, sex stars...?  I'm assuming this one isn't for the kids.  Well I'm intrigued.

Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer return to the genre they helped reinvent with their all-new, full color ongoing horror series, CRAWL SPACE.


"CRAWL SPACE is a series of horror stories Kieron and I have been cooking up for years. Like an expanded Tales From the Crypt where each tale is given many issues to develop -- it's not an anthology," explains Remender, the series' writer. "Since completing SEA OF RED, Kieron and I have been cooking up new horror stories together and over the next few years, they'll all be wedged out of the CRAWL SPACE and into the horrible light of day."


CRAWL SPACE's first arc, the four-issue "XXXombies," promises to be the last word in the zombiesploitation with its twisted tale of sex stars, cannibalism and the '70s. Our story's focus is a sleazy producer who has gathered a bevy of adult stars for a weekend film shoot. When they emerge, they discover a zombie plague has overrun a now-quarantied Los Angeles. The results are unlike any previous tale of the undead, especially with Rick and Kieron's special guest collaborator - Tony Moore, the original artist of THE WALKING DEAD.


"Tony, Rick and I have been talking about doing an end-all zombie tale together for years. To do it exactly how we think it should be done before walking away from the genre for good," adds Dwyer, who helped resurrect the zombie craze with his miniseries, REMAINS. "Tony's cover work is absolutely disgusting. It's perfect."


Moore is along to co-plot as well as contribute covers to the arc. Future stories will also be done by the Remender/Dwyer team, but who knows who else we'll find lurking in the CRAWL SPACE?


CRAWL SPACE #1 (AUG071979) is in stores October 24th with a cover price of $2.99. In addition, Rick Remender will be at the San Diego Comic Con signing 100 limited edition XXXOMBIES movie posters at the Image Comics Booth (#2729) on Saturday between 2-3 PM.