There’s nothing like getting July started off right as we build toward the big San Diego Comic-Con later this month. Image Comics and Daniel Warren Johnson are coming out swinging with a new ongoing series, Chainkata, which the Do a Powerbomb creator will write and draw. The first issue comes out in November.
The series follows Luma, a chainsaw-wielding warrior queen searching for an unknown power in the vastness of space. All she wants is peace, but violence and terror seem to follow her through every black hole.
“Ever since my start in comics, I’ve wanted to make a science fiction book that truly felt different from everything already out there,” Johnson said. “It was 2017 when I drew the first sketch of Luma, Chainkata‘s main character. From that point, it took me NINE years to come up with a story that I felt was worthy of being on the stands, and Chainkata is the end result of that journey. I have pushed myself narratively and artistically further than I ever have before, and I believe it shows in the pages you’ll be reading this fall. Please join me for an epic like none other. The Chain awaits you.”
Johnson broke through with Do a Powerbomb, which won an Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens, before taking on Transformers for Skybound. It went on to became one of the publisher’s biggest hits and also earned Eisner recognition, a rarity for a licensed title. His most recent work includes The Moon Is Following Us and Absolute Batman Annual for DC (which also received an Eisner nomination this year).
Chainkata #1 arrives in November. Johnson will appear at the San Diego Comic-Con to promote the series.