In an unique on the announcement at Popverse it was introduced that a number of Eisner, Harvey, and GLAAD Award successful author Greg Rucka (The Previous Guard, Stumptown) is teaming up with author Eric Trautmann (The Previous Guard: Tales By way of Time) and bestselling artist Mike Henderson (Nailbiter) for a brand new area opera comedian collection entitled Solid arriving this March from Picture Comics.
The official description for the collection:
Set within the eleventh Millennium of the rule of the Everlasting Empress, Solid follows a squad of planet-smashing tremendous troopers who discover their routine mission to be something however. These are the Solid. They take no prisoners.
Rucka revealed to Popverse the event of the venture:
“Eric Trautmann and I’ve been chasing this story for years now, pushed by the will to inform an over-the-top story area opera/pulp mash-up. We had all of it in our heads, nevertheless it wasn’t till Mike got here aboard and added his secret sauce that we may pin it down and make it lastly occur. His storytelling is superb, and with Nolan’s impressed colours and Ariana’s deft contact with the lettering, we lastly have a package deal we’re excited to share. That is meant to be enjoyable, entrance to again, that’s been our purpose since we began.”
Trautmann added:
“We began batting concepts round for Solid what looks like a thousand years in the past, so it’s extraordinarily gratifying to see it now. Mike’s particular alchemy has led to what we predict is a hell of a enjoyable venture, stuffed with pedal-to-the-floor motion, unique places, and intensely explodey violence…enjoyable for the entire household.”
Henderson additionally expressed pleasure in addition to praising the colorist Nolan Woodard and letterer Ariana Maher:
“There are some concepts you set every little thing else on maintain for and after I heard what Greg and Eric had had brewing for thus lengthy in Solid, I knew it was one in all them. “After I knew Nolan and Ariana had additionally come aboard to assist make it what it’s turn into, I knew it for certain. It’s been a lot enjoyable to construct this universe within the orbit of their concept that I hope I cross that enjoyable on to everybody who reads it. If nothing else, I hope they hear heavy metallic riffs shredding over each web page.”
Take a look at preview artwork beneath. Solid #1 might be out there at comedian e book outlets on Wednesday, March 29.
