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Saucer Country From Paul Cornell And Ryan Kelly: "It's The West Wing Does The X-Files"

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Saucer Country From Paul Cornell And Ryan Kelly: "It's The West Wing Does The X-Files"

Writer Paul Cornell has elaborated on one of Vertigo's NYCC announcements today — an ongoing series by Cornell and artist Ryan Kelly about a presidential candidate who is 'abducted by aliens'.

It's called Saucer Country.

It's about Arcadia Alvarado, the Governor of New Mexico, who, on the eve of announcing that she's running for President… is 'abducted by aliens'.
Those speechmarks are because she's not exactly sure what happened. But she's going to use all her staff and resources to find out. What happened to her might also be a threat to US security.
It's The West Wing does The X-Files.
Saucer Country is a trip through UFO mythology, a subject I've always been fascinated with. It's a dark, suspenseful, serious thriller with, I hope, some warm, very human characters at the heart of it. Between arcs that feature Arcadia and her staff venturing into the murky worlds of flying saucer lore, we'll be featuring one-off 'true story' issues, a short version of which already appeared in the Strange Adventures one shot earlier this year.
Saucer Country starts in early 2012. Do look out for it. Cheerio!

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