DC’s Vertigo Comics Launching Several New Series in March 2012

Steve Barton |

Feb 28, 2012

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DC's Vertigo Comics Launching Several New Series in March 2012 Late last year we told you about The New Deadwardians, a mini-series comic heading our way from Vertigo, and now we know when the first issue is being released along with info on three other new series Vertigo will be putting out during the month of March.

From the Press Release:
From fairy tales to UFOs to Voodoo Queens and the undead, there’s something for everyone!

FAIREST, March 7th: New York Times best-selling, award-winning writer Bill Willingham begins a FABLES spin-off series starring some of the fairest in the land. Balancing horror, humor, and adventure, each FAIREST storyline will explore the secret histories of one character from Sleeping Beauty to Rapunzel, Cinderella to The Snow Queen, Thumbelina to Snow White, and more.

The first six-issue arc follows the misadventures of Briar Rose after she is stolen away by the goblin army in FABLES #107. Fan-favorite artist Phil Jimenez (WONDER WOMAN, THE INVISIBLES) returns to Vertigo to pencil the opening storyline with inks by Andy Lanning and award-winning artist Adam Hughes (WONDER WOMAN, BATGIRL) on covers.

SAUCER COUNTRY, March 14th: A dark thriller that blends UFO lore and alien abduction with political intrigue, all set in the hauntingly beautiful Southwest written by Paul Cornell (DEMON KNIGHTS, ACTION COMICS, Doctor Who) with art by Ryan Kelly (NEW YORK FIVE, NORTHLANDERS).

Arcadia Alvarado, the Mexican-American Governor of New Mexico, dealing with immigration, budget cuts, and an alcoholic ex, is about to toss her hat into the ring as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the most volatile political climate ever. But when a nightmarish encounter leads her to believe she was “abducted by aliens,” Arcadia has to become President in order to expose the truth—and maybe save the world.

DC's Vertigo Comics Launching Several New Series in March 2012

DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD, March 21st: Written by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, former editor-in-chief of The Source magazine, award-winning author, journalist, and TV producer, with art by Milestone Media co-founder Denys Cowan (THE QUESTION) and John Floyd with covers by Rafael Grampá.

New Orleans is the most haunted city in America: a town of centuries-old ghosts and newly drowned spirits; where vampires, voodoo spirits, and loups-garous make their home. Ruling over all are the powerful Voodoo Queens, whose influence stretches into politics, business, and crime as they maintain a delicate balance between the mortal and supernatural worlds.

But in the aftermath of Katrina, all that has changed, for someone or something has murdered the Voodoo Queen and most of her court. The number one suspect is Dominique Laveau, a grad student at Tulane who is about to discover that her entire life has been a lie. Now Dominique must forge alliances with those out to kill her while seeking to uncover the truth behind the royal murders, as she is ultimately forced to deal with a destiny she could never have imagined.

THE NEW DEADWARDIANS, March 28th: Brought to vivid life by fan-favorite writer Dan Abnett (RESURRECTION MAN, LEGION LOST) with art by newcomer INJ Culbard (AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS).

Set in post-Victorian England, nearly everyone in the upper class has voluntarily become a vampire to escape the lower classes, who are all zombies. Thrust into this mayhem is Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective who’s got the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead!

But when the body of a young aristocrat washes up on the banks of the Thames, Suttle’s quest for the truth will take him from the darkest sewers to the gleaming halls of power and reveal the rotten heart at the center of this strange world.