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The All-New Adventures of Superman

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All-new adventures of SupermanDC Comics just made the announcement, so I can, too. I recently finished work on two issues of the All-New Adventures of Superman, a new digital series coming April 29. Story is by me and Orson Scott Card. Art is by the amazing Chris Sprouse, with inks by Karl Story. Our two issues will be the first of the series.

I’ve been reading Superman since I was kid, so this is a thrill for me. This is DC’s second all-digital series, after last year’s Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, which has been fantastic. With the Man of Steel film being released this year, DC decided to give Superman the same treatment.

And if that wasn’t cool enough, check out the list of super talented people who will also be contributing to the series.

  • Jeff Parker
  • Chris Samnee
  • Dan Abnett
  • Ed Benes
  • Mitch Breitweiser
  • Giuseppe Camuncoli
  • Nathan Edmondson
  • Joshua Hale Fialkov
  • Christos N. Gage
  • Marc Guggenheim
  • Justin Jordan
  • Matt Kindt
  • JT Krul
  • Max Landis
  • Andy Lanning
  • David Lapham
  • Jeff Lemire
  • Michael Avon Oeming
  • Riley Rossmo
  • Stephen Segovia
  • Bruce Timm
  • Marcus To
  • Marv Wolfman

Quite the list. Look for more info coming soon.

Formic Wars: Silent Strike Hardcover

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Available July 25

The second arc of the Formic Wars comic book series from Marvel is now available. I’m excited about this compilation. It includes five issues beautifully penciled and inked by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, with the super talented Jim Charalampidis as colorist. Both have been working on Formics Wars since the beginning, and they’re incredible. Marvel always produces a high-quality book production-wise, and this book is no exception. Nice binding, great printing, the works. Available at amazon.

Formic Wars: Silent Strike #5

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Today the last issue of the second arc of Formic Wars hits comic shops. I’m proud of this issue. The art by Giancarlo is incredible. This concludes the First Formic War. There is a still another war before Ender Wiggin is born. It’s called — can you guess? — the Second Formic War. Fans of Ender’s Game know that war well, or at least know some of what happens in the war. It’s at the end of the Second Formic War that  Mazer Rackham defies orders and fires upon the queen’s ship, killing her and ending the war. That’s not a spoiler, folks. We’ve known that all along. It’s in Ender’s Game.

In any event, Scott Card and I are excited about telling that story. As all Ender’s Game fans know, the asteroid Eros will play a critical role. That’s where the Formics set up a base from which to orchestrate their invasion of Earth. Should be fun.

Here’s a description of and credits for issue five.

Writer:  AARON WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Orson Scott Card

Artist: GIANCARLO CARACUZZO

Colorist: JIM CHARALAMPIDIS

• The Shocking Conclusion To The First Formic War, A Prequel To Orson Scott’s Card’s Science-Fiction Classic Ender’s Game.

• The Formics Fight To The Bitter End. But Is It The End?

• The Hegemon Of Earth Is Revealed!

Formic Wars: Silent Strike #1

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The second arc of Formic Wars begins this month with issue one of Formic Wars: Silent Strike from Marvel. It hits comic book stores on 21tst, I think. The official solicit is below:

The all-new prequel to Orson Scott Card’s science-fiction classic Ender’s Game returns! With 44 million people killed by the toxic gas the alien formics unleashed in China, the only hope of a counter-agent lies with Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police safely retrieving a sample. Meanwhile, young asteroid miner Victor Delgado has snuck aboard the formic mothership in hopes of taking it down alone…and boy is he is for a big disappointment.

This is an action-packed issue with amazing art by Giancarlo Carracuzzo. Enjoy.

Speaker for the Dead Hardcover

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Marvel has compiled my five-issue adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel Speaker for the Dead into a beautifully bound hardcover. This project was a thrill to work on since Speaker is one of my all-time favorite novels. If you haven’t read it, I strongly advise you to do so. It won the Hugo and Nebula Awards the year it was published, and for good reason. Here’s a link to Orson Scott Card’s site where you can read more about the novel.

Credits for the adaptation:

Writer: Aaron Johnston

Penciller: Pop Mahn

Penciller (cover): Giuseppe Camuncoli

Editor: Jordan White

Formic Wars Covers

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The covers for Formic Wars have been amazing. A lot of artists have contributed, most recently Billy Tan, who did the pencils for issues three through seven. They droop my jaw. I wish I could make huge framed posters of them and put them in my living room. But something tells me my wife wouldn’t go for that. They might scare off guests. There is a burning helicopter and melting human flesh, after all.