Comic writer Kurt Busiek will be re-releasing his back catalogue of indie titles digitally through Image Comics this August, with the promise of new comics to come.
This means Busiek, Brent Anderson and Alex Ross’s nostalgic superhero story “Astro City” will be returning to its original publisher, alongside “Arrowsmith” with artists Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino, “Shockrockets” and “Superstar: As Seen on TV” with Stuart Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger, and “The Wizard’s Tale” with David Thorn Wenzel.
“I’m thrilled to be consolidating my creator-owned books at Image,” said Busiek. “Readers have been asking us to make these stories available again, so we’re glad to have them all together at last, and in great company with the rest of the Image line.”
“Astro City” began in 1995, shortly after Busiek and Ross’s widely acclaimed series “Marvels,” and during the creation of the iconic DC series “Kingdom Come.” The Image Comics title tell a superhero story more pre-occupied with the titular city of Astro City than the conflicts within it, chronicling life between the action for its heroes and those looking up at them from the street-level. The second volume of the series was published through WildStorm, making the jump to DC when it acquired the publisher, before landing at DC Vertigo in 2013, where it concluded after 100 issues in 2018.
“Arrowsmith” and “The Wizard’s Tale” are fantasy stories with an injection of realism and levity, respectively, while “Shockrockets” tells a story of futuristic fighter pilots. “Superstar: As Seen on TV” introduces readers to the eponymous superhero, whose power directly correlates to his fame and popularity.
All these titles will initially be rereleased this August 4 on comiXology, before making their way to Apple Books and Google Play in the near future.
