Vertigo Publishing New Series Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child


All's been a little quiet on the Vertigo front, but that's far from it. The small publisher has been churning out content all the while, the latest being a brand new series due February 2012 called Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child.

The story follows Dominique Laveau, a half-breed outcast and heir to the Voodoo Queenship of New Orleans. Written by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and illustrated by Denys Cowan the title revisits the home of Mardi Gras and birthplace of jazz in New Orleans. Ruling over all of this are the powerful Voodoo Queens, whose influence stretches into politics, business and crime as they maintain the delicate equilibrium between the mortal and supernatural worlds. But that careful balance has been upset. The Queen has been murdered, and Tulane grad student Dominique Laveau is the No. 1 suspect—and marked for death.

Expect to see more about the new series this weekend at NYCC. Full press release after the jump.

Vertigo to publish new ongoing comic book series DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD

We're excited to announce that the team that brought you the short story "Case 21" in the Vertigo comic book anthology STRANGE ADVENTURES earlier this year, and the short story "Blink" published in this month's Vertigo comic book anthology THE UNEXPECTED, are collaborating for the first time on an ongoing series to be published in February 2012.

DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD is the story of Dominique Laveau, half-breed, outcast and heir to the Voodoo Queenship of New Orleans…if she can live long enough to claim her birthright. Written by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, author of To a Young Jazz Musician, with Wynton Marsalis, and the memoir Gunshots in My Cook-Up, former executive producer of BET News & Docs, and former editor-in-chief of The Source magazine. Illustrated by legendary artist Denys Cowan, one of the founding members and artists of Milestone Media and original Static Shock artist, best known for his work on The Question with Denny O'Neil.

Lingering on the threshold between history and legend, the home of Mardi Gras and the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans is also known as the most haunted city in America: a town of centuries-old ghosts and new spirits of those drowned by Katrina; where Loup Garous, Vampires and Voodoo Spirits make their home. Ruling over all of this are the powerful Voodoo Queens, whose influence stretches into politics, business and crime as they maintain the delicate equilibrium between the mortal and supernatural worlds. But that careful balance has been upset. The Queen has been murdered, and Tulane grad student Dominique Laveau is the No. 1 suspect—and marked for death.

MTV Geek has an exclusive preview of “Blink,” the prelude to DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD Vertigo’s new ongoing series that is featured in THE UNEXPECTED, on sale tomorrow.

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