Hey mama, do we got news for you. Allow me to pause the party momentarily.
Announced moments ago in an IDW press release, it looks like will.i.am is bringing that boom boom pow to comics in the form of “Wizards and Robots,” a new one-shot co-written by Brian David Johnson. Featuring art by Adam Archer, the 48-page one-shot won’t phunk with your heart as it blends sci-fi and fantasy, and it will meet you halfway in featuring real science with even realer fantasy, all to ask: who would you trust with the fate of the world? Wizards, or robots?
Just a one-shot, though? Come on. I just can’t get enough! I got a feeling that this comic’s going to be a good, good time. Pump it!
Either way, expect this comic to rock that body.
You know, I actually have a really great pitch for a Black Eyed Peas comic where a time-traveling Fergie comes back from three-thousand-and-late to tell the current-era BEP they need to stop the Man from destroying all partying. I think now is probably the time to bring it to IDW.
For the full press release from IDW, please see below.
IDW Press Release
IDW Publishing has teamed up with Grammy Award Winning musician will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and noted futurist Brian David Johnson to bring the world an explosive one-shot in this summer’s WIZARDS & ROBOTS!
When an army of futuristic robots journeys through time and space in search of ancient, powerful wizards, the fate of the world will hang in the balance, and a wealth of volatile secrets will be uncovered!
Propelled by will.i.am and Johnson’s inventive story and the expressive art of Adam Archer (Batman: Arkham City, Ratchet and Clank), WIZARDS & ROBOTS takes readers on a vivid, evocative journey through thrilling new worlds. Over WIZARDS & ROBOTS’ 48 pages, readers will travel untold distances to experience the tale of an unthinkably massive battle.
As will.i.am and Brian David Johnson were writing Wizards and Robots, their collaboration in storytelling came with a twist – to make sure that the science featured in the story was correct, and to make sure that the journey through new worlds explored boundaries of today’s science and technology.
Who would you trust the fate of the world to? Wizards or robots?
See who wins this July when WIZARDS & ROBOTS hits the stands!
About IDW
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Toho’s Godzilla; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.
IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Warner Brothers and Barry Sonnenfeld are attached to adapt LORE into a feature film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, with Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.
