For many years, Frank Miller has made a reputation for himself with influential comedian e book tales for Marvel and DC, to say nothing of his personal authentic work at impartial publishers like Dark Horse. More lately, his and Tom Wheeler’s authentic graphic novel Cursed was tailored right into a TV collection for Netflix, together with persevering with the world of The Dark Knight Returns that he and artist Klaus Janssen first started again in 1987. Like different comics creators earlier than him, he’s now pivoted to beginning his personal comics firm.

Miller and former DC head Dan DiDio are teaming up on a brand new firm referred to as Frank Miller Presents, with DiDio serving as writer and Miller pulling double obligation as each creator and curator of comics that match the type and mould he’s well-known for. In a press release, Miller said that his new enterprise, which he’s stated to have been quietly constructing for months, shall be “a fertile ground for storytellers and new creations….Investing in artists and the future of comics has always been my one true passion and creative calling.” Two to 4 titles are anticipated to be revealed per 12 months, with the intention being an equal mixture of Miller classics and model new works from different creators, be they fresh-faced newbies or veterans who’re established in their very own proper. If you’re pondering that FMP could result in some reprints of his again catalog however beneath his banner, no such luck: his earlier work will stay with their respective publishers.

Speaking of these classics, FMP’s first pair shall be two oldies, however goodies: a return to Sin City, the crime noir he first created in 1991 and later tailored into two movies that he co-directed with Robert Rodriguez. Now set within the titular metropolis’s previous within the West, this new comedian has been given the flashy title Sin City 1858. The second comedian is one other sequel: Ronin Book Two, a observe as much as his sci-fi samurai miniseries from 1983 he created alongside colorist Lynn Varley and letterer John Costanza.

Meanwhile, the 2 wholly new works shall be Pandora and Ancient Enemies. At this time, it’s unknown how a lot enter Miller has on every of those books, and inventive groups have but to be revealed for any of them. Each e book will launch later this 12 months on bodily and digital markets.

[through The Hollywood Reporter]

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