Adam Hughes, Jae Lee & Craig Cermak Draw New Rocketeer Comedian

IDW Publishing is to publish a brand new Rocketeer anthology, primarily based on the character created by Dave Stevens, with three tales from three artistic groups.

The event of this new Rocketeer comedian challenge started in the course of the making of the documentary Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, when filmmaker Kelvin Mao found that Danny Bilson and the late Paul De Meo, the unique screenwriters of the 1991 The Rocketeer movie, had written an unpublished Rocketeer comedian ebook story guest-starring aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart some years earlier. Mao, together with the movie’s govt producer Robert Windom, approached Adam Hughes as an example the story, and the challenge advanced right into a one-shot anthology edited by Scott Dunbier. “What a tremendous present born out of creating Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection! It has been a singular privilege collaborating with a few of Dave’s longtime friends on a bonafide Rocketeer comedian,” says Mao. “The Amelia story was written by Paul and me as a tribute to Dave. Now it serves as a tribute to each of them,” says Bilson. “We’re very honored to have Adam convey it to life.” “The Rocketeer, my favourite flying hero, has received a dish of a girlfriend, an unnecessarily cool outfit, and nice hair. You’d hate somebody like that in actual life, however as a comic book ebook character, he is aces!” says Hughes.

The Rocketeer one-shot consists of stated eight-page story by Bilson, De Meo, and Hughes; a 12-page story of Cliff Secord’s date evening with Betty main to hassle with a vaguely acquainted adventurer/archeologist, written by Mao, drawn by Craig Cermak and colored by Laura Martin; a four-page story of the Rocketeer preventing a Japanese Zero within the South Pacific, written by Robert Windom, drawn by Jae Lee and colored by June Chung; with pinups by Phil Noto and Maria Laura Sanapo and extra!

“The quick story that Jae and I created is meant to be a dreamy contemplation on life and love, however with some nice Rocketeer motion and Betty, after all! Jae’s ethereal type is an ideal match for it,” says Windom.

“It was an enormous honor contributing artwork for this challenge. Dave Stevens has been an inspiration to me since I first noticed his work. He is captured the fantastic thing about a time interval that’s endlessly golden,” says Lee.

“As a fan of Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer since day one, I am thrilled to see this ebook come to life. Bilson & De Meo, Mao, and Windom have all captured the texture of Cliff, Betty, Peevy, and the remainder. And the artwork… To cite a well-known Rocketeer web page…’WOW!'” says Dunbier.