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Formic Wars: Burning Earth Hardcover

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The hardcover is out, and it looks incredible. This includes all seven issues of the first run of Formic Wars. Giancarlo Caracuzzo has done amazing art for the series. And Jim Charalampidis is a wizard of color and light. Scott Card and I have had a lot of fun developing this. As a life-long fan of Ender’s Game, I’ve always wondered what happened during the first two wars. Formic Wars is the answer.

Also be on the lookout for the first Formic Wars novel, coming Spring 2012. I’m very excited about that one as well. TOR is publishing. Look for more information coming soon.

Speaker for the Dead

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Speaker for the Dead is one of my all-time favorite books, so to have the chance to work on the comic adaptation for Marvel is like a dream. Speaker is one of those books that you read and think, “Dang! How did he ever think up THAT idea?” An amazing and expected sequel to Ender’s Game. It won the Huge and Nebula Award the year it was was released, making Scott Card the first person to ever win both the Hugo and Nebula twice in a row (He won both awards the previous year for ENDER’S GAME.).

In any event, I’m working with Jordan D. White, a genius and saint of an editor at Marvel. Incredibly smart and talented guy. The art is being drawn by Pop Mahn, who I was privileged to work with on ENDER IN EXILE. Amazing artist. Oozing with talent. The creative director on this has been Orson Scott Card himself, and it’s always a joy to work with him. He is after all my favorite author. It’s a five-issue series. Check it.

Marvel’s Awesome Trailer for Formic Wars

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Marvel just put together a trailer for the upcoming Formic War series I’ve been writing with Orson Scott Card. I think the trailer looks pretty amazing. The art in this series has been top notch. First issue releases mid February.

Ender in Exile #5

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Click here for the preview.

The final issue in the adaptation of Ender in Exile drops October 13, 2010. I’ve loved working on this series. But fear not, more Ender is coming!

THE STORY:
The exciting conclusion to Orson Scott Card’s bestselling novel and direct sequel to Ender’s Game! Ender has found a cocoon of a young Formic hive queen who carries within her ten thousand Formic eggs. With it, Ender can restore the alien species he destroyed in the war. But should he? Or would he be opening Pandora’s box, unleashing Earth’s deadliest enemies to finish what they started? It all comes to a head here as Ender accepts or rejects his destiny as the Speaker for the Dead. Parental Advisory

COVER BY: SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
WRITER: Aaron Johnston
PENCILS: POP MAHN
INKS: POP MAHN
COLORED BY: JIM CHARALAMPIDIS
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC

Marvel announces FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH

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Just announced at Comic Con in San Diego: Orson Scott Card and I will be writing a new limited series for Marvel in the Enderverse entitled FORMIC WARS.

Check out an interview I did for Marvel.com here.

As any fan of Ender’s Game knows, Ender Wiggin destroyed the Formics in the Third Formic War. But what about the First and Second Formic Wars? What happened during THOSE conflicts? How did the world get to the state it’s in when Ender is born? What did the formics do to our planet that led to all-out war?

Well, the answers will come in this new limited series, including the story of young Mazer Rackham.

I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be working on this. I’ve been a life-long fan of Ender’s Game, and to work in the Ender universe now is absolutely incredible. I still can’t believe it myself. Look for more news about the upcoming series in the future.

Dragon Age #4 cover released

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Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado have done it again. This may be my favorite cover for DA yet. Love the angle. Love the coloring. And I especially like how Humberto has this big menacing templar (Sadatt) wielding this massive sword among these casually falling leaves. Awesome.