Van Jensen Archives

So, you know. Anyway, I was reminded of this by comic book creator  Van Jensen, best known for writing comics such as James Bond, The Flash, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Corps, Two Dead, Cryptocracy and Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer And he has a new stunt for his crowdfunded graphic novel Stardust No relation to Starlight or[...]

Tim Seeley has 2 launches in Dark Horse's September 2023 solicit,s a prequel to Masters Of The Universe and Alternates with Patton Oswalt.

Conrad, Gab Contreras, Joe Cooper, Joe Corallo, Alex Cormack, Jorge Corona, Marcelo Costa, CRANK!, Frank Cvetkovic, Nenad Cviticanin, Tony Donley, Siike Donnelly, Rich Douek, Dave Dwonch, Matt Emmons, Taylor Esposito, Scott Ewen, Eduardo Ferigato, Nick Filardi, Bob Fingerman, Tony Fleecs, Michael Jan Friedman, Antonio Fuso, Alfie Gallagher, Dillon Gemmill, Kieron Gillen, Sina Grace, Frank Gogol,[...]

The book was done by Van Jensen and Dennis Calero with colors by Chris O'Halloran and a cover by Fay Dalton It is based on the very first James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming, long before Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig Before the ejector seats and[...]

Die Kitty Die comes back for Free Comic Book Day 2018, plus Van Jensen and Leonard Kirk bring you Invasion for Free Comic Book Day. Freelance and Fantomah continue their runs All this is from Chapterhouse's March 2018 solicits More details below. JAN180021 FCBD 2018 DIE KITTY DIE I LOVE YOU TO DEATH Kitty is dead… and Free Comic Book Day is just not the same without her! News[...]

Plus, another volume of Captain Canuck by Kalman Andrasofszky and Leonard Kirk, Van Jensen's Fallen Suns gets its first collected volume, and issues for Andrew Wheeler's Freelance and Ray Fawkes's Fantomah All of this is from Chapterhouse Entertainment in February of 2018. CAPTAIN CANUCK TP VOL 03 HARBINGER (C: 0-0-1) (W) Kalman Andrasofszky (A) Leonard Kirk (CA) John Gallagher Don't miss this collected edition of Captain Canuck Season 3! Tom Evans[...]

But they have also tapped Van Jensen to adapt the original Casino Royale I got to chat with him yesterday about the project and the intricacies of adapting a book from 65 years ago. DAN WICKLINE: Okay, Mr Jensen, let's start this off by talking about how you got this project Up until now, Dynamite has[...]

A Writer's Commentary: Van Jensen talks Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #5, on sale this week from Dynamite Art by Ron Salas. Page 1 We make a bit of a leap from the end of last issue Steve has lost He went on the run from OSI and found no allies, only enemies Mick Gentle[...]

This weeks exclusive extended previews from Dynamite Entertainment includes the second issue of Wolfcop by Max Marks and Allan Otero and the fifth issue of Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man by Van Jensen and Ron Salas. Wolfcop #2 writer: Max Marks artist: Allan Otero, Arcana Studios covers: Dean Motter (a) "WOLFCOP: LITTLE BROTHEL OF HORRORS has errant lupine[...]

Steve Austin fighting on a train and writer Van Jensen had artist Ron Salas do it all in one panel that goes over the length of the book Jensen talks with Byron Brewer about how Austin is now at odds with the organization that made him and just what that might mean for his future[...]

This time we are looking at the cleverly named Cryptocracy #4 from Van Jensen and Pete Woods The series is a mix of conspiracy theories, political thrills, and bizarre sci-fi all wrapped in an alternative history. Hidden away in northern China is the Preserve, a walled-off compound where the Nine Families have secreted away the world's deadliest[...]

In Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man, Van Jensen is taking Steve Austin's trust in the OSI and shaking it to the core Making him rethink his choices and his future Distrust in the government is something a 1970's TV series may have been leery to address. Bryon Brewer caught up with Jensen as to[...]

Starting off with Van Jensen and Ron Salas' second issue of Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man and then the sixth issue of Kate Leth and Eman Casallos' Vampirella Vol 3. Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #2 writer: Van Jensen artist: Ron Salas cover: Ron Salas Billionaire technologist Mick Gentle has promised to restore Steve[...]

Van Jensen talks Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #3, on sale in September by Dynamite Cover by Ron Salas. BYRON BREWER: Van, with #3 coming in September it seems this Steve Austin adventure is taking on a little bit of a Hitchcockian tone: not so much psychological horror as the "mistaken man" scenario Were[...]

Van Jensen (The Flash) will be writing the script with Matt Southworth (Amazing Spider-Man) doing the art chores. "There's a very obvious reason why I wanted to tackle the adaptation of Casino Royale: because it's James damned Bond! Also, when I cracked open Ian Fleming's first 007 novel (I had read it years before), it also[...]

A Writer's Commentary: Van Jensen talks Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #1, on sale this week from Dynamite Cover by Ron Salas. Page 1 I wanted a jarring opening Seemed like a great place to go in media res, right into the action And I loved the call back to the great opening of the[...]

Van Jensen's first work for Dynamite Entertainment kicks off this week as he teams with Ron Salas for The Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #1 In this new series, set at the end of the 70's, Steve Austin works for OSI, but the agency has some secrets in its past that has their[...]

Comic book writer Van Jensen has been named the the first-ever Comic Book Ambassador of the United States. He says, I was asked by the U.S Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, to come over along with artist David Mack and spend time visiting some cultural institutions and work with a group of locals in the creation of a new comic[...]

Van Jensen talks Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #1, on sale in July from Dynamite Covers by Ron Salas and David Ryan Robinson. BYRON BREWER: Van, first, tell us how it feels to be writing for Dynamite. VAN JENSON: It's a big honor I've known of Dynamite and admired their books for years, and in[...]

Van Jensen sat down with DC All-Access to talk about the over-sized Flash #50 We are in for a huge fight within Iron Heights prison, bringing back a lot of villains He may also find a few allies And we get a reveal pertaining to the shadowy figure that the Trickster has been working with[...]

One of the announcements coming out of Emerald City Con is that writer Van Jensen and artist Ron Salas will be continuing the story of former astronaut Steve Austin, who after a severe crash was turned into the Six Million Dollar Man That's not really an impressive amount of money now, but back in 1979[...]

At the Dark Horse Creators: Crafting the Original Story panel at New York Comic Con 2015, speakers included Donny Cates, Ethan Young, Van Jensen, Jonathan Case, Christopher Golden, and Greg Pak and things opened with a pretty solid opening round of Comic Con applause, hosted by Steve Sunu. Van Jensen was announced on his first creator[...]

At the Dark Horse Creators: Crafting the Original Story panel at NYCC today, Van Jensen was announced on his first creator owned series in 4 years on Cryptocracy with Pete Woods on his first creator-owned series His idea was that the villain of many stories is a big, shadowy organization In this story, we try[...]

Today, the creative team of The Flash got highlighted in all of DC's house ads, including writer Van Jensen. However, it was pointed out that Jensen has a beard in real life, absent in the older photo. That will not stand So Van Jensen decided to do a contest, now backed by DC Comics, called #Vanbeard. Enter your #VanBeard pic for[...]

This time, she chatted with Van Jensen about The Flash. She writes: Van Jensen seemed excited to be working with artist Bong Dazo on Flash Annual #4. It is mainly about the secret history of the supervillan from the CW Flash TV show, Eobart Thawne.  My friends and I are big fans of the TV show[...]

The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion. We're going IN DEPTH! That's right, this week we're going all out with the creators of the crowdfunded graphic novel The Leg by Van Jensen, Jose Pimienta, and Matthew Petz. Jensen (The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Pinnochio: Vampire Slayer) and Pimienta (A Friendly Game) were both gracious enough to join us for[...]

Writer on Flash and Green Lantern Corps, it was notable with today's June mini-relaunch news that writer Van Jensen was not listed on the Green Lantern books, where he made quite a name for himself writing the John Stewart character. But not no more… .@HudsonFaber I will not be writing any new June books[...]

 Geoff Johns, Meredith Finch, Robert Venditti, Van Jensen, Nicola Scott and Charles Soule   They're coming to bear and dropping some knowledge on us fools. Rather than waste your time trying to craft this into my typical labyrinthian prose, it's going to be straight up info and bullet points up in this. Justice League -Geoff Johns is taking[...]

By David Dissanayake And here we are at DC Comics' The Multiversity panel with Grant Morrison, Cameron Stewart, and Eddie Berganza.  Grant began the

In addition to writing Green Lantern Corps and The Flash and releasing an omnibus of the Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer graphic novels, Van Jensen is self-publishing a 180-page, full-color graphic novel through Kickstarter. The Leg features the disembodied leg of Santa Anna adventuring through 1930s Mexico It's a weird pastiche of fairy tales, Spaghetti Westerns and Mexican history featuring art by[...]