Thread 150748487

Didn't see a thread for it so I'm sharing whatever has been announced

>It's described as a Contemporary Spy Thriller.
apparently got magic and stuff

>Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso series will be presented entirely in Black and white. Some of the previous characters will return!
this one is a surprise, apparently Azzarello swore off DC a while ago

>>150748532
i'll not fall for it again

So what's the format and release schedule for this new Vertigo?

Erm, where is my capeshit?
I can't read a comic that doesn't have Batman in it!

>Its about 8 people who wake up chained to a boat in a forest, with no idea how they got there and a monster on their tail. Aaron is using stop motion puppets as references for his art in the book
apparently Stephen King said he was really into the twist of the concept

>>150748545
How is Ram V as a Writer?
The only thing I've read of his was The One Hand min,i which was paired with Dan Watters' The Six Fingers mini

>>150748542
>apparently Azzarello swore off DC a while ago
Source?

Hard to pre-emptively judge these but I'm glad Vertigo is back
>>150748542
I love 100 Bullets but I'm not sure I can be bothered with another spinoff

>>150748574
Has Stephen King read all these books or something?

>Its about Zombie Dinosaurs!
nuff said

>>150748575
Bang average, but better than most writers of today.

>The panel then wrapped up with DC Black Label news: Coming in April 2026, Swamp Thing #1-4, a continuation of the controversial storyline that was cancelled at the time. In it, Swamp Thing meets Jesus Christ.
the big one for the end

>Trying to resurrect Vertigo again
>Black Label was a giant failure

Sigh, hey faggots, you do know Vertigo was originally a HORROR imprint right? One where the flagship was Hellblazer which you can't do anymore cause you raped John Constantine too many times. Nigga can't even hold an ongoing anymore cause his ass won't shut and he attracts gay flies.

My prediction: This will be a garbage imprint where DC shoves all its lame non-capeshit tv and movie pitches. Expect nothing mini-series where everything dies before issue #12.

>>150748613
Glad this book is finally getting released

>>150748613
I read the script for the issue and it sucked.

>>150748602
I wish we could feed Tom Taylor to zombie dinosaurs.

>>150748575
Hit or Miss for most people.

>>150748613
Well, it was written before shitting on Christianity was in vogue so this has a chance of being good.

>>150748618
While I share your scepticism I think tv pitches are the necessary evil these days. The best you can hope for is that they learn the long-form comic itself can provide better material than a simple mini

fake optimism for co who will not buy these books and won't even scan these books, prioritizing the latest X-men crossover that they hate-follow

then when the books are being published, it will all be derided as "woke trash" and "not as good as" classic Vertigo - which will then be met with replies that classic Vertigo was also overhyped and always sucked

then the books will struggle to get past issue 6 if they're not already planned to be minis

then co will complain that there are no good comics

>>150748602

Go on...

>>150748542
Only one worth reading. And I hate modern azzarello.

>>150748659
>then be met with replies that classic Vertigo was also overhyped and always sucked
I mean it is overrated. 80 percent of the titles are forgettable trash.

>>150748549
>The rollout begins February 4, 2026, with The Nice House by the Sea #7, followed by Bleeding Hearts #1 on February 11, End of Life #1 on February 18, and The Peril of the Brutal Dark #1 on February 25. The remaining series will release throughout the year.
Bleeding Hearts is confirmed as an ongoing, not sure about the rest

Also they posted the high def covers here: https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/09/dc-official-art-10-new-vertigo-series-2026/

>>150748665
Damn you Boco, don't engage with the Tom Taylor book!

>>150748659
>then co will complain that there are no good comics

If you can't even sell your books to the "consumer" types, doesn't that imply the books are really bad? /co/ is full of cynics who don't buy anything, okay well what about everyone else? Where is the audience this stuff is supposed to be aimed at?

If nobody buys the comics, assuming nothing absolutely retarded happens, then clearly the comics weren't good even by normie standards.

>>150748487 (OP)
Apparently Gretchen Felker Martin was supposed to be a part of this

>>150748707

I don't know who that is. But its such a stupid, goofy concept. Right up my alley.

>>150748659
In your scenario these comics are not good, so what are you complaining about?

>>150748716
Did they say something on Twitter or something?

>Kyle Starks
>Chris Condon
>Tom Taylor
These are not the type of names taht should be attached to Vertigo projects. I would have liked more fresh names in the industry but comics are weird, it's a low paying job but it requires you to have experience, go figure.
I'll keep my eye out for these
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>>150748738
Yes, after Red Hood got canceled GFM stated somewhere (an interview IIRC) that the horror book they were on was most likely canned as a result

>>150748487 (OP)
I see Swamp Thing, the Tynion book, and 100 Bullets selling the best

>>150748759
Condon is good
He's just not the best at capeshit

>>150748718
Of course you would fall for the writer who writes specifically with the intention of his comics getting reposted on r/comics.

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>>150748532
interested
>>150748542
what was the original about
>>150748550
interested in this too, apparently the original was his own Patreon book

>>150748798

I'm easily amused. If its a simple, goofy idea like "Justice League but dinosaurs" or "Godzilla fights the Power Rangers" I'm satisfied.

>>150748654
It's not that "tv pitches" are a necessary evil. The problem is none of the comics are written to actually sell as comic books. It's fine if one or two are some retards lame movie script but when its ALL of them, you have a problem.

It's like trying to build a wrestling division then putting your belt on David Arquette. It doesn't work.

On that note: What is the crown jewel of this vertigo relaunch? 100 Bullets coming back...

>>150748759
Condon started off doing Image books that were essentially Vertigo-esque and with the son of Sean Phillips. I think you must be only familiar with his capeshit work

>>150748718
>le heckin epic dinosaurs and zombies!
Of course you'd lap such 2000s era drivel up

>>150748828
I would read a Vince Russo comic

>>150748791
Based on what?
>>150748836
The two Image series I looked over sound uninspired.

>>150748487 (OP)
>James Tynion IV
FIND NEW TALENT.

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>mindbreaks the modern /co/ntrarian with his childlike, Golden Age spirit
I kneel

>>150748867
Anon where have you been, DC is a constant cycle of Snyder, Taylor, King, Tynion, Lemire over and over again and has been for the past decade

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>>150748879
we just ignoring the other guys there?

>>150748861
I liked The Enfield Gang Massacre

>>150748904
Of course, you can’t enjoy things. You have to complain!

>>150748618
>Sigh, hey faggots, you do know Vertigo was originally a HORROR imprint right?
Every other indie book is doing horror these days, gotta do something new

>>150748759
>I would have liked more fresh names in the industry
Define your idea of "fresh name", if anything Condon is the freshest one on the list since he has been writing since 2020

>>150748904
No there's plenty and I like some of the writers I listed, I'm just surprised that the one anon is shocked that DC is continuing to use their favorite writers over and over again

>>150748867
Don't worry man, James Tynion V is right around the corner.

>>150749020
Sorry anon, but Ram VI killed him

>>150748574
This will most likely become a film soon.

>>150748523
>describes it as “John Wick
snore

These don't look very good.

I just want a new Death of the Endless one shot or mini. But I guess new Sandman stuff ain't happening anytime soon (or ever)

>>150749666
Some do.

>>150748487 (OP)
what exactly is vertigo about these titles? any of these could easily be published by image.

>>150750101
Even ignoring how Todd Won, that ship sailed years ago. Remember the "Sandman Universe" imprint that was allegedly run by Gaiman? It fucking failed.

The Gayman was given control and a blank check. If that didn't get you a new Death series, nothing will.

>>150748644
Shitting on Christianity has zero chance of ever being good

All of this looks like the drizzling shits

>>150748602
Tom Taylor gets the chance to write a wholly original comic with no restrictions and this is what he writes.
Fucking 60 IQ retarded faggot.

>>150750215
What a Chad

>>150748487 (OP)
>no hellblazer
Well after that awful black label title, and becoming "joker" to zatanna and that short lived sandman universe run.

I can't blame DC anymore.

Jesus fuck they’re bringing it back again? Last time was utterly retarded woke trash.

>>150748487 (OP)
Slate looks okay

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>Hellblazer
Refer to this chart given at the con
Black Label is for DC characters only
Vertigo is for everything else

>>150750588
John's been raped too many times. The amount of rectal damage ensures he'll be bound to a wheelchair, shitting in a diaper for the rest of his days. And anus that thoroughly destroyed cannot carry an ongoing series. He can't even handle a one-shot after that "My Black Son" nonsense.

>>150750684
>Hellblazer will forever be neutered capeshit nonsense

The raping of John Constantine continues.

>>150750518
Super telling how every other book is a full sentence pitch and the Taylor book is "got dinosaurs"

Just nothing going on up there, but he's great at advertising to the low attention span generation

>black label is for DC characters
>black label isn't canon (hurr everything is canon)
They really missed the opportunity to capitalize off the success of Absolute and Ultimate by making Vertigo a similar line with Hellblazer, Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol, and Animal Man books that connect with each other.

>>150748574
i shall consoom whatever the fuck spurrier/bergara and/or campbell put out.

>>150749052
I'm curious, what makes you say that, anon? Is just because of the plot?
Has any of Spurrier's work ever been adapted?
I'm not counting Legion as an adaptation of X-Men Legacy, as he was never credited for any of it

>>150751960
What happened with that DSTLRY book Spurrier and Bergara were supposed to put out?

>>150752031
afaik, all dstlry solicits were canceled around april, they're resoliciting them again atm, but no announcement of when it's coming out just yet

>>150750129
None do.

Grim.

>>150748574
Calling it now, they are all dead and it's a River Styx kinda thing.

>>150750588
>becoming "joker" to zatanna
Explain?

>>150750446
Rick Veitch Swamp Thing is pro Jesus though from what I saw of the original script, it's very respectful

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These sound fun. Who is Grace Ellis?

>>150748602
This sounds like about what I'd expect from Tom Taylor. Might actually be fun if he puts in some effort and leans into dino-lore. Like, Marvel Zombies but with different dinosaurs.

>>150750446
Preacher is great.

>>150750588
>I can't blame DC anymore.
They're exactly the ones to blame.

But why?

>>150750588
Hellblazer sells like shit. For all the whining nobody actually bothers to buy it. When they cancelled the book at #300 it was selling really low numbers and had been kept around solely because it was the only Vertigo title that had been continuously published throughout Vertigo’s entire history

>>150757036
its not good

>>150748773
GET BENT GROSS FREAK MONSTER

>>150748613
So, are they going to make Jesus Canon in DC again?

>>150748487 (OP)
Oh hell no. HELL. NO. I've seen DC try and fail at this shit too many times to have any hope it'll go well.

>>150748542
>apparently Azzarello swore off DC a while ago
Those words mean nothing, there's this magical phrase called "I really need that money" that will make capeshit writers eat their words every. Single. Time.

>>150750101
This >>150750215 and that's not even accounting for Neil being outed as the funny buttseggs guy.

>>150748618
Honestly even though it comes across as pathetically safe-edgy, at this point I'm just grateful they're not trying to touch anything I care about (i.e. Lucifer and Sandman) again.

You fucks are why we can never have good things.

>>150759214
Don't blame me for DC being shit, nigger. I WANTED to enjoy Black Label, dammit. But even before shit got axed left and right and the Bat-penis controversy, I was seeing issues. At least Sandman and Hellraiser themselves were fine.

>>150750446
Cope harder fag.

>>150750446
Diablo was based, and Christ's a Jew.

Hopefully this will go better than the 2015 and 2018 relaunches but I doubt it.

Interested in learning more about these regardless though
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>>150748602
What really hurts is this is probably going to be the breakout book of this whole lineup.

>>150757036
>When they cancelled the book at #300 it was selling really low numbers
Not that surprising, Hellblazer peaked early, at least 200 volumes of it's original run are meh at best. Recent Spurrier's run was really good, I wonder if it sold well

>>150759214
None of this can be described as “good things”.

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That company was bound to fail from the beginning. Not because of their gimmicks (through the “prestige” oversized printing didn’t help because nobody wants oversized floppies, which is part of the black label failed) but because they hired all the same woke dweebs that ran the big 2 into the ground.

>>150759244
You didn't even read these but you're already calling them shit. This is the type of Doom and gloom shitposting that I'm talking about. And it's blazer.
>>150759411
Why not?

>>150748867
DC doesn't have the budget for any new talent that aren't downwardly-mobile nepobabies living off their parents' money. Circling the drain.

>>150760128
Znd yet they can afford one of the fee names that actually sells. Curious.

>>150748575
Inconsistent, has some good highs but bad lows

>>150759866
>You didn't even read these but you're already calling them shit
You didn't even read these but you're already calling them good

>>150760583
I didn't call them good though.

>>150759214
Blaming the audience never works retard. How many Oranges have to get elected for you to learn your lesson?

>>150761591
You sound retarded.

>>150761591
The audience is definitely partly to blame, though. If they didn't flock to dumb shit, it wouldn't be made as often.

>>150762540
The past two decades demonstrate how untrue that is.

>>150762624
No.

>>150748487 (OP)
I like that DC is publishing different kinds of comics like this, and I want to support them in this endeavor, but I don't like most of the writers they've announced. I might check out two or three of them.

>>150748550
I hate that whenever I see the word "fascism" in a description now, I know it's something I wouldn't be interested in.

>>150748716
You'd think after the Mags Vissagio incident they'd have learned that hiring mentally ill freakshows to work for you doesn't work out.

>>150752070
I'm waiting for You Won't Feel a Thing #2.

>>150762984
Remember when /co/ was pretending like Mags was a good writer?

>>150764041
Crazy if true.

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Slop propaganda garbage
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Not reading that bullshit

Man western media is absolute terryfied of depicting straight white men as anything other then losers or bad guys.
where are the cool, inspiring and heroic straight white male protagonists?

>>150765411
In manga.

Hopefully the Absolute line is selling enough to allow the "ongoings" to actually get past 12 issues

>>150766613
If it's not then it's probably time to stop comics altogether

>>150766613
Honestly my impression is that even if those don't sell well they'll keep them around to keep the writers happy.

But then again DC just cancelled Birds of Prey despite Thompson writing the second most successful Absolute book, so you never know

>>150766613
It's supposed to be the other way around.

>>150769304
They'll let their favored writers have a low selling mini, but not a money-losing ongoing.

We need the Brits back.

With a vertigo thread being up, what good series did they used to have? Before several reboots and a rebranding...