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DC Vertigo NYCC: A Walking Shadow by Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell

DC Vertigo NYCC: A Walking Shadow by Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell

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Announced yesterday at New York Comic Con from DC Comics, amongst a number of new DC Vertigo comic books, A Walking Shadow by Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell. Eight strangers wake up chained to a boat in the woods. No memory. No escape. No explanation. And a monster on their tail. Aaron Campbell is using stop motion puppets as references for his art in the book… Spurrier and Campbell previously created the not-Vertigo title Sandman Universe series John Constantine: Hellblazer: Dead In America.

In 2020, Bleeding Cool broke the news that DC Comics was to 'shutter' their mature readers imprint, 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. But then she went away, and the pressure for DC Vertigo to return was on.

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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