Good news for Ed Brubaker fans looking for their fix post-“Captain America”: “Fatale”, his Image series with Sean Phillips has officially been extended to an ongoing series. Brubaker announced the extension in an interview with ComicsAlliance where he talked about leaving his 8 year run of “Captain America.”
Brubaker had this to say about “Fatale” turning ongoing:
More than anything, it was that each issue kept wanting to be longer or I kept feeling like I had more ideas and wanted to spend more time with the characters, and realized I was stopping myself from doing that with an arbitrary structure I’d imposed on myself. Fatale was originally envisioned as a novel in three parts, but I kept having ideas for side-plots and tangents or single issues, and it started to feel more like it was meant to be a more sprawling story. So I just decided to let it go until it’s finished.
But yeah, it will expand and while Jo and her curse are still the center it all swirls around, some issues will not have her in them at all. Like two of the four standalone issues from 11 to 14, are not about her. One takes place in the 1800s, and one in the Middle Ages.
So, for those of you jonesing for some Brubaker action now that “Captain America” has wrapped and “Winter Soldier” is well on it’s way to or if you just want a good noir comic, be sure to check out the “Fatale” ongoing from Image. And be sure to check out the interview over at ComicsAlliance where Brubaker talks in depth about his run on “Captain America”.
