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DC Vertigo: Crying Doll by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

DC Vertigo NYCC: The Crying Doll by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

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  • The Crying Doll is a new DC Vertigo comic by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell.
  • This Jekyll-and-Hyde thriller explores a young woman’s extreme loyalty to her possibly murderous best friend.
  • Tamaki and Valero-O’Connell reunite after their acclaimed graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me.
  • DC Vertigo returns after its closure, relaunching with new creator-owned titles and classic mature storytelling.

Announced yesterday at New York Comic Con from DC Comics, amongst a number of new DC Vertigo comic books, The Crying Doll by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, the creators of the graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me. The Crying Doll is a Jekyll-and-Hyde thriller about just how far a young woman would go to protect her best friend, who may (or may not) be a killer.

 

Mariko Tamaki is a graphic novelist of the books Skim, Emiko Superstar, This One Summer,  and Roaming, as well as superhero series Hulk, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Venom, Detective Comics and the DC graphic novel I Am Not Starfire. Rosemary Valero-O'Connell is also known for What Is Left, Don't Go Without Me, Steven Universe and Gotham Academy /Lumberjanes.

In 2020, Bleeding Cool broke the news that DC Comics was to 'shutter' Vertigo. We stated that some books would move to Black Label, and some would no longer be published.  American Vampire moved to Black Label, Image Comics announced they'd be publishing the comic SFSX (Safe Sex), and finally, DC made it official. The creator-owned or creator-participant contract had been made more DC-friendly in recent years, which saw a number of creators such as Garth Ennis leave for other, more creative-friendly publishers, but now Vertigo was done. The command came from the previous big boss, Pamela Lifford, who had an aversion to imprints.

In 2023, at Thought Bubble Comic Con, Bleeding Cool got the scoop that "in 2024 (or at this stage, more likely 2025), DC Comics will be bringing back Vertigo". In 2024, at New York Comic Con, they announced that a) this was indeed happening and that b) the creator-owned series Nice House By The Sea by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno was pivoting from being a Black Label series to being a Vertigo book to launch the imprint.

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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