The Image Comics title formerly known as Dead Rabbit seems to have found new life as Dead Eyes.
At the Image Expo last year, Image Comics announced a comic titled Dead Rabbit by Gerry Duggan, John McCrea and Mike Spicer. Two issues were released last fall, which were followed by a mandatory recall of both of them to retailers from Diamond Comics Distributors.
A report on Bleeding Cool then stated the recall was due to a New York bar called “Dead Rabbit” that was suing Image Comics and retailer Forbidden Planet for violating the trademark the bar held on the name, which also covers “Comic books; Fiction books on a variety of topics; Non-fiction books on a variety of topics; Recipe books.” Y’see, the bar uses comic-themed menus and also published a recipe book in graphic novel format last year. You can read more about it over on the Comic Lawyer website, which has an interesting FAQ up about the case.
So it sounds like Duggan and McCrea’s comic is back on track, now with a new title. No word on what happened to the lawsuit itself.
“We’re very happy to introduce you to the violent, funny, and sad world without justice in Dead Eyes,” Duggan said in the press release. “A former stick-up man must return to his life of crime when the pressures of living in a Kleptocracy push him to the breaking point. This is McCrea and Spicer’s very best work, and we’re thrilled to punch Dead Eyes into your face beginning this October.”
Per the release, the ongoing series “will launch from Image Comics with an oversized first issue this October.” My guess would be it will contain the already released/recalled first and second issues of Dead Rabbit.