Empty Zone Fills Readers with Emptiness

Jason Shawn Alexander is returning to the drawing and writing table. It's not to clean it off (although it's a little tidying up of one's workspace is always good every now and then. Instead, Alexander is preparing an all-new series in Empty Zone: Conversations with the Dead. Image Comics is publishing and the first issue is slated to hit stores June 17.

“I created the idea for this series 20 years ago. I'm finally bringing it to fruition, through Image Comics, and I'm putting everything I have into it,” said Alexander. “I wanted to create a sci-fi series that veers off into ghosts and the supernatural and becomes something completely different.”

In this sci-fi horror saga, Corinne White attempts to reconcile with the ghosts of her violent past, literally, as she trudges through a world of dystopian cityscapes, reanimated corpses, & ganglands full of animal human hybrids.

Empty Zone #1 arrives on June 17 and can be ordered with Diamond Code APR150504. Full press release below.

EMPTY ZONE WILL FILL READERS WITH TERROR A chilling new sci-fi horror saga begins  "Jason Shawn Alexander has always been one of the most original artists in comics, but with Empty Zone, he shows he's one of our most unique writers, too. What a gorgeous book." —Brian K. Vaughan  Bestselling artist Jason Shawn Alexander (Abe Sapien: The Drowning, The Escapists) returns to the drawing and writing table with an all-new series sure to disturb readers in EMPTY ZONE: Conversations with the Dead, which will launch from Image Comics on June 17. In this sci-fi horror saga, Corinne White attempts to reconcile with the ghosts of her violent past, literally, as she trudges through a world of dystopian cityscapes, reanimated corpses, & ganglands full of animal human hybrids. “I created the idea for this series 20 years ago. I'm finally bringing it to fruition, through Image Comics, and I'm putting everything I have into it,” said Alexander. “I wanted to create a sci-fi series that veers off into ghosts and the supernatural and becomes something completely different.” EMPTY ZONE #1 arrives on June 17 and can be ordered with Diamond Code APR150504.

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