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‘Tyrant’ – 1990s Dinosaur Comic Returns to Life With New Collection
Creator Steve Bissette launched the Tyrant comic book series back in 1994, with four total issues telling the tale of a T-rex’s struggle to survive. 30 years later, it’s roaring back to life.
Comic book publisher Lighthouse has taken to Kickstarter to crowd-fund the return of the Tyrant comics, which they’ve collected together in both complete and original art editions.
The Kickstarter description explains, “Legendary creator Stephen R. Bissette’s work with Alan Moore on Swamp Thing helped revolutionize the comic book medium and changed horror fiction forever. A decade later he chased after a childhood dream and broke ground on his most ambitious project: the life story, told as realistically as the science of the times would allow, of a Tyrannosaurus rex, from birth to bloody death.
“Some dreams need to die before being born again. With the collapse of the distribution system Tyrant had been created in, Bissette was unable to see his 10-year plan to fruition. The work that was done, however, sits atop the grandest achievements in sequential art history.
“Now, for the first time ever, the historic masterpiece by a Will Eisner Hall of Fame cartoonist at the height of his powers is being collected. Celebrated artist and designer Jim Rugg has created multiple editions along with exclusive limited items for this once-in-a-lifetime event. This campaign brings Tyrant back in the form it always deserved: impeccably restored, lovingly designed, and presented in formats befitting the King of the Dinosaurs.”
The good news? The Kickstarter campaign has already stomped through its goal, with over 1,500 backers thus far contributing a whopping $218,500 to bring Tyrant back to life!
Head over to Kickstart to learn more and pre-order your copies of the Tyrant revival!
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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