Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins promise the same high-stakes action with their upcoming series Peter Panzerfaust, an homage to the classic Peter Pan by James M. Barrie. Retelling the Lost Boys as French orphans during World War II, Pan appears to lead the boys away from the encroaching Nazi occupation and reform the group into a resistance force. Sounds FANTASTIC, right? Well you can tell them yourself.
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| If he was facing the other way it'd be an ENTIRELY different message. |
The creative duo will be attending Calgary's ALPHA COMICS for a signing this Wednesday, February 15th, 2012. No doubt if you ask nicely they'll be sure to sign your book and answer any questions you might have about writing, drawing, and pixie dust.
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| Comic book groupies are totally different from -- no, nope, that's the same. |
The signing got me thinking that last year during the New52 relaunch by DC, there was an interview over at iFanboy.com where they spoke with an editor from Vertigo who promised that 2012 would be the year where they'd be doing some of the freshest ideas the industry has seen in a long while.
If that's the case, Image Comics is beating them out of the gate two months in.
Peter Panzerfaust is the latest in a series of "too cool to miss" releases for 2012. FATALE has been a runaway hit for Brubaker and Phillips (long-time collaborators who at this point are just printing money) and with new series Near Death, Thief of Thieves, and the upcoming juggernaut SAGA by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Wiebe and Jenkins are in good company -- and rightly so. They're bringing their A-game.
Hopefully Panzerfaust will peel away readers from Vertigo's FABLES who enjoy old-tales-made-real, and I can only hope for the best for the book and team involved. I recommend that everyone give it a try.
I'm calling it now, though. If the famous crocodile is changed into a Russian T-34 tank with a loose rivet that chases Hook, I think I'll be able to die happy.
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| Tick-Tock, Comrade. |
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