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After reinventing Transformers, Daniel Warren Johnson is finally releasing the comic he spent nine years creating
The creator who made Transformers comics cool again is back with a chainsaw-wielding sci-fi epic.
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Cartoonist Daniel Warren Johnson made Hasbro's Transformers cool again in a way Michael Bay and billions of dollars of movies couldn't, and now he's taking that energy back on his own terms with a new, creator-owned, chainsaw-wielding series with Image Comics called Chainkata.
"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 says in the announcement.. "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."
"Nine years" would mean this was first conceived before his revolutionary Transformers run, as well as his work on DC's dino-Justice League revamp the Jurassic League, as well as his twin superhero series Wonder Woman: Dead Earth and Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star.
"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," Johnson continues. "Please join me for an epic like none other. The Chain awaits you."
Image Comics is marketing Chainkata simply as "chicks with chainsaws in space," which is a bold choice, but let me give you more: Chainkata follows a space-faring warrior named Luma, who uses a sci-fi-edged chainsaw in battle. Battle isn't what she wants, though; it's peace, but somehow violence, terror, and revenge get the ol' Chain a-humming again.
Chainkata is scheduled to launch this November.
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