2008 and beyond: What excites you in comics?

[KevinTBrown]

As we enter the final quarter of 2007, I'm looking ahead as to what projects and/or books have been announced by DC, Marvel and all the other publishers that are to be released soon....

What are you looking forward to the most in 2008? Be they creative changes or brand new titles or something that's already on-going.

Personally speaking, the one thing I'm most excited about is Jim Shooter's return to the Legion. There's a great interview with Shooter on CBR's main site (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11922), which is what got me thinking about creating this thread.

There's a TON of stuff coming out soon and in '08 that I'm eager to read, but that is the one project that I definitely cannot wait to see and read and has me acting like a giddy fanboy.


So what say the rest of you? :)

[Cam63]

Gail going from strength to strength with successive projects ( shame she had to leave BoP, though).

...as for the other stuff happening, I'll wait and see.

[sunshinegirl]

i say i'm excited for scott's book coming out. first issue will be out on december 1st.


www.theovermancomic.com

[Cayman]

Spider-Woman by Bendis and Maleev
Teen Titans Year One by Ivory somethin' and Karl Kerschl (for Kerschl's art)
Peter Milligan's Marvel Knights Namor project
Final Crisis by Morrison and Jones

[KenK]

Quite honestly, I don't think I've been less excited about comics than I am now.

Nothing's really holding my attention like it used to. Which is sad, because I used to read stuff like X-Men, and thought I'd ALWAYS stick with it, and now it's been close to two years without reading either of the flagship books.

When I heard Spider-Man was going to be cut down to one book, and come out three times a month, I thought maybe I'd check it out, but the more I hear about this "One More Day" storyline, the less I'm interested in picking up the book once it's over.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Teen Titans Year One by Ivory somethin' and Karl Kerschl (for Kerschl's art)

The writer you're thinking of is Amy Wolfram, actually. And I may check this out, too.

Also, there's...

The first League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume from Top Shelf.

Paul Dini & Amanda Conner's Black Canary/Zatanna project.

Dan Slott's (even though he technically starts at the end of '07) & Bob Gale's respective Spider-Mans.

Doug Moench & Kelley Jones's Batman: Unseen miniseries.

Chuck Dixon's return to Robin.

James Robinson's JSA hardcover (assuming it does hit in '08).

Vertigo's The Alcoholic graphic novel.

[Matthew E]

Personally speaking, the one thing I'm most excited about is Jim Shooter's return to the Legion. There's a great interview with Shooter on CBR's main site (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11922), which is what got me thinking about creating this thread.

You took my answer, but I can expand on it: I'm excited about the Legion not only in its main DC title, but also in its Johnny DC title, its appearances in Action Comics and (I suspect) Final Crisis, and in the cartoon.

[KevinTBrown]

Ah, one other thing I'm looking forward to is Mike Kunkel's "Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam" series.

[PatrickG]

All-Star Superman being continued with Grant Morrison working with a team of one shot artists.

I love Quitely's art but 12 issues isn't enough.

Pity Curt Swan and Gil Kane aren't around for issues but Morrison/Perez has been joked about for years as the team that would very literally make heads explode. All the crazy ideas and the little details in the art. (Did Gail start this back in YABS?)

I'm kinda hoping for Morrison/Perez for an issue, obviously, and I'd dig classic Superman creators like Jurgens, Sale or McGuinness as well...

... But there are a wealth of artists it would be great to see working with Morrison.

I'm not sure I have much enthusiasm for anything "in continuity" though the Skrull Invasion sounds cool. And Final Crisis may be good if nobody gets in Morrison's way.

[PatrickG]

Oh. Yeah. Shooter on Legion sounds fun though I'm really more interested in what Johns is doing with the Lightning Saga team.

[NickThompson]

Comics in general. Lots of good stuff coming out from lots of places.

[Alan Lynch]

I never seem to have much of an idea what's coming up, so all I get excited about is seeing books I enjoy keep doing what they do.

Except League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. Hell's yes I'm excited about that, whenever it comes out and however I have to get hold of it.

[Sarah Beach]

Gail on Wonder Woman

Chuck Dixon back on Robin!! (Yay! someone who understands Tim!)

Um..... hope springing eternally?

[Infra-Man]

Definitely looking forward to:


New Showcase Presents releases. Love reading those collections.
Craig Thompson's Habibi (assuming it comes out next year)
The finale of Y: The Last Man
Action Presidents
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier

[TCJohnson]

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Terry Moore on Runaways.

Ted Kord in Booster Gold

[DaveRothe]

Gail on Wonder Woman

Chuck Dixon back on Robin!! (Yay! someone who understands Tim!)

Um..... hope springing eternally?

Sarah took my answers! I also like the Sinestro Corps crossover they're doing right now. I'm actually picking up GL again. Metal Men!!! That's the mainstream stuff. Indy stuff I'll grab will be OverMan and it'd better be good SG! And more but I don't want to keep everyone all day...

[Jack Zodiac]

Krueger and Ross' Superpowers from Dynamite.

The rest of David Petersen's Mouse Guard: Winter of 1152 (which, I'm assuming, will probably stretch into Spring of '08).

Monthly BPRD, Hellboy, and/or Lobster Johnson comics leading up to Mignola's "third act" for the series.

[KevinTBrown]

Oooo... I forgot about Superpowers.

D'oh.


Ok, add that to my list! :)

[MartinRedmond]

I'd like it if Darain13 was a monthly instead of all Ashley's side projects. That and DOOMED have been his most coherent comics to date.

[MartinRedmond]

Terry Moore on Runaways.


I wasn't going to get that and then they announced Humberto Ramos is on it.

[shrike]

Gail on WW, the Black Dossier and the BC/Zatanna graphic novel.

That's about it.

[StoneGold]

Anything Brubaker is doing.


Anything Gage is doing.


And just because I feel the need to pimp him out lately, him being the most underrated artist drawing men in uncomfortably tight pants today, anything Pat Zircher is drawing.

[NickThompson]

And just because I feel the need to pimp him out lately, him being the most underrated artist drawing men in uncomfortably tight pants today, anything Pat Zircher is drawing.
Terror Inc has been fun.

[Pink Bat Max]

Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam.

Gail on Wonder Woman.

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

For DC and Marvel:

Green Lantern stuff: Still in my opinion the best superhero comics on the market.

Dark Tower and Ultimate Iron Man: Finally, the next minis will be out.

Non DC and Marvel:

Pax Romana, Surburban Glamour, more Doktor Sleepless, Starchild, and the countless other gems I've been discovering outside the mainstream.

JP

[Red Jack]

The New X-Men is always my favorite book the week it comes out.

It is everything an X book should be, balancing the old with the new, humor with pathos and utilizing two of my favorite artists in the biz. the current and previous arcs are just mouthwateringly pleasant.

Can't get enough of it.

[Shisho]

A good friend of mine will finally be getting his comic printed through Ka-Blam. You'll be able to order it any day now.

www.memeticpress.com

Issue 2 should be available in 2008 (maybe before? *fingers crossed*)

[The Mirrorball Man]

What excites me in comics is boring stuff printed in black and white. And lesbians. Preferably both.

[Magneto_X]

Gail Simone's Wonder Woman

LOEG: Black Dossier

Jim Shooter's Legion

Johns' third part of his Green Lantern trilogy.

Anything by Brubaker and Warren Ellis.

All-Star Superman.

Hopefully issue #2 of Wildcats. #1 was set up brilliantly.

[Kevinroc]

The third part of Pak's Hulk trilogy. PH was part 1, WWH was part 2 and we're gonna find out what part 3 is soon.

Anything by Ed Brubaker.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Secret Invasion.

Robert Kirkman's work at Image.

Anything by Warren Ellis.

The third part of Geoff Johns' Green Lantern trilogy (Sinestro Corps is good).

[Ryan K]

The Complete Little Orphan Annie from IDW, plus more volumes of Terry and the Pirates, Peanuts, Gasoline Alley, Pogo, and Krazy Kat.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century.

Whatever Darwyn Cooke ends up doing.

Too Cool to Be Forgotten by Alex Robinson

The next Yoshihiro Tatsumi volume from Drawn and Quarterly.

Terry Moore on Runaways and Mary Jane Loves Spider-Man

The Last Musketeer by Jason.

RASL by Jeff Smith

Those rumored Carl Barks Archives.

The Persepolis movie (which I probably won't see until 2008).

New volumes of those excellent Love and Rockets collections Fantagraphics is doing. More Showcase Presents and Marvel Essentials. Finally getting around to those EC Archives. The new Johnny DC titles.

Plus plenty of stuff I don't know about and the continuing projects from my favorite creators (too many to list).

[Larime]

My motherf*'n comic coming out!

Woo!