IDW publiera en mai un one-shot du Rocketeer qui proposera trois histoires courtes et une galerie d’illustrations.
Les auteurs sont Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo (les scénaristes du film) et Adam Hughes pour la première histoire; Kelvin Mao (le réalisateur du documentaire hommage à Dave Stevens) et Craig Cermak pour la deuxième et Robert Windom et Jae Lee pour la dernière.
IDW Publishing will release a new Rocketeer one-shot anthology in May.
Here’s how IDW describes the book:
The development of this new Rocketeer comic project began during the making of the documentary Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, when filmmaker Kelvin Mao discovered that Danny Bilson and the late Paul De Meo, the original screenwriters of the 1991 The Rocketeer film, had written an unpublished Rocketeer comic book story guest starring aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart some years earlier. Mao, along with the film’s executive producer Robert Windom, approached superstar Adam Hughes to illustrate the tale, and the project evolved into a celebratory one-shot anthology edited by Scott Dunbier."
« What an amazing gift born out of making Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection! It’s been a singular privilege collaborating with some of Dave’s longtime pals on a bonafide Rocketeer comic, » Mao said.
« The Amelia story was written by Paul and me as a tribute to Dave. Now it serves as a tribute to both of them, » Bilson said. « We’re very honored to have Adam bring it to life. »
« The Rocketeer, my favorite flying hero, has got a dish of a girlfriend, an unnecessarily cool outfit, and great hair. You’d hate someone like that in real life, but as a comic book character, he’s aces, » Hughes said.
The Rocketeer one-shot includes the aforementioned eight-page story by Bilson, De Meo, and Hughes; a 12-page story of Cliff Secord’s date night with Betty leading to trouble with a vaguely familiar adventurer/archeologist, written by Mao, drawn by Craig Cermak, and colored by Laura Martin; a four-page story of the Rocketeer fighting a Japanese Zero in the South Pacific, written by Robert Windom, drawn by Jae Lee and colored by June Chung; pinups by Phil Noto and Maria Laura Sanapo; and more.
« The short story that Jae and I created is intended to be a dreamy contemplation on life and love, but with some great Rocketeer action and Betty, of course! Jae’s ethereal style is a perfect fit for it, » Windom said.
« It was a huge honor contributing art for this project. Dave Stevens has been an inspiration to me since I first saw his work. He’s captured the beauty of a time period that is forever golden, » Lee said.
The one-shot will feature covers and retailer variants by Hughes and Gabriel Rodriguez