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| Backbone and Image give more life to Death Backbone Entertainment and Image Comics announced that Death, Jr. will return to comic book shelves later in a second 3-issue, full-color series. The series will feature the return of both Ted Naifeh as illustrator and Gary Whitta as writer. Death, Jr. follows the teenage son of the grim reaper and his band of 'unusual' friends as they always seem to find themselves in trouble. The first series of the comic generated impressive sales and attracted the interest of some of the top talent in the industry, such as Mike Mignola, who drew the cover for the trade paperback. After a tumultuous school year in which DJ and his friends had to band together to fight DJ's evil uncle Moloch, the second series will find the gang on their summer vacation. DJ gets his wish and starts working a summer job with his dad, but he's disappointed to learn he has to work his way up from the bottom, while the rest of the gang is headed for a less-than-savory summer camp experience. Backbone Entertainment will be premiering the first new piece of art from the comic at this month's Wonder Con Convention in San Francisco, where the company will also be selling copies of the first trade paperback, the PSP game, and brand new t-shirts. In addition, Backbone will host a trade paperback signing at their booth with Naifeh, Whitta and Mignola. The first issue of the second series is slated to hit shelves in July 2006. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Game News :: home page |