Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR taps Jason Aaron to write standalone Western story

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Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR comic is coming back with a second volume of BRZRKR: Bloodlines, a series of standalone comic specials following B's long and violent history. Comics fans will be excited that the new story will be helmed by Action Comics' Jason Aaron and Carnage artist Francesco Manna.

As announced at this weekend's ComicsPRO annual meeting by BOOM! executive Filip Sablik, this new story will be titled BRZRKR: A Faceful of Bullets, and it will follow B. in the 1800s American West. As you expect, you can expect a grudge match, land barons, and more in this standalone.

BRZRKR: A Faceful of Bullets #1 will hit comic shop shelves this year in June 2024.

But that's not all the BRZRKR coming out this sumemr! There is also a prose novel on the way. As we reported earlier this year, Keanu Reeves is teaming up with author China Miéville for a prose novel in the same universe titled The Book of Elsewhere. This novel will be debuting on July 23, 2024.

It's sure to be a summer of BRZRKR, and Boom! is promising even more announcements coming throughout the year, so keep your eyes peeled

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