BEFORE WATCHMEN has been officially announced today from DC Entertainment. The project, which has been brewing for some time now under the code name Panic Room, has the blessing of co-creator Dave Gibbons, while estranged co-creator Alan Moore told The New York Times this morning the project was “completely shameless.” The series’ first-issue cover art are posted above, while below are the creative teams for new titles:
Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner
Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo
Comedian by Brian Azzarello and J.G. Jones
Doctor Manhattan by J. Michael Straczynski and Adam Hughes
Nite Owl by J. Michael Straczynski, Andy and Joe Kubert
Ozymandias by Len Wein and Jae Lee
Curse of the Crimson Corsair by Len Wein and John Higgins will be a two-page back story running at the end of every Before Watchmen comic published.
…are you excited?
hrrrmm I will have to check it out!
(via hannahisdead)