Comic writer and comedian Brian Posehn and Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman are co-writing a new series coming from Image Comics this summer. They’re joined by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artist Chris Johnson for the “time-traveling comedy romp” that’s described as a cross between Time Cop and Law & Order.
“Joe and I are having a blast with Rifters. We put time travel and police procedurals in a comedy blender, we had underwear on our head and we yelled ‘Dick Wolf‘ three times,” said Posehn.
Image shared more details on what to expect from the series:
Readers will be hurtled in the wild world of Rifters—where Time Cop collides with Law & Order, filtered through the lens of Mr. Show—when they meet Fenton and Geller. These two part-time Wisenheimers, full-time vice time-cops suck at rule-following but excel at busting time-travel crimes. Unfortunately, their daily grind involves tedious police work—like chasing down douchebag influencers hellbent on live-streaming illegal transtemporal trips to 1920s Chicago to steal primo bootleg hooch.
“The book is pure fun, pure escapism—a distillation of everything we love about ’80s and ’90s science fiction, comedy and the police procedural—big shout out to Dick Wolf,” Trohman added. “And a more enormous shout-out to dick jokes—there’s at least one in there.”
Here’s a look inside:
The first issue will feature variant covers by Michael Avon Oeming, Tony Moore, Johnson and Mike Allred:
Look for the first issue to arrive in stores June 12.