Via io9, Jeff Lemire has announced a new “Black Hammer” spin-off, “Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda,” will be released weekly on his Substack newsletter Tales from the Farm. The series, created by writer Tate Brombal (“Barbalien: Red Planet”) with a host of artists, will follow Colonel Weird, as he tries to rescue Spiral City’s superheroes from Rockwood by entering the Para-Zone, “only to find himself paired with the much much younger Doctor Andromeda [real name James Robinson] on a series of fantastical adventures through assorted worlds and dimensions.”
Artists on the series — which is described as a homage to “Little Nemo” and The Little Prince — will include Ariela Kristantina, Andrea Sorrentino, Marguerite Sauvage, Yuko Shimizu, Dani, Tyler Bence, and Nick Robles. Ray Fawkes, who penciled “Black Hammer ’45,” illustrated the first chapter. Brombal told io9, “I feel like the luckiest guy on the planet to be welcomed back into the Black Hammer universe! And this time nothing is off-limits, as we take this unlikely duo across worlds and genres in a project that could only be possible in this format. It’s truly a dream come true for a writer to work with so many artists of this caliber. From the beginning, ‘Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda’ was designed to be the best possible canvas for our artists to cut loose and showcase their art form. So, strap in for a breathtaking, formative tale that is integral to who Colonel Weird and Doctor Andromeda become.”
“Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda” #1 is available to read now here, and on io9. A print edition will be released by Dark Horse Comics at a later date.
