Dynamite Entertainment is pleased to announce that Peter
Milligan (Shade the Changing Man, X-Statix, Hellblazer) has signed a deal to
create a new series entitled Terminal Hero.
Milligan's partnership with Dynamite is unprecedented as this marks his
first work outside of Marvel Comics and DC Comics since the days of his earlier
projects, Paradax and Johnny Nemo.
"I've watched with interest how Dynamite has
expanded both physically and creatively over the years," says
Milligan. "During that time, Nick
Barrucci and I have discussed working on a project on and off, but due to a
number of reasons, things never quite worked out. Now I have a project which demands a certain
kind of publisher -- one who'll give me a lot a creative latitude and is
willing to go to some dark, edgy, and honest places. Terminal Hero is about one poor bastard's
rollercoaster ride through a world that he's trying to make sense of. It's about how far you'd go to stay
alive. Okay, it occasionally plays with
the classic comic book 'hero' genre, but I aim to push it to places that normal
comic books don't go. Luckily, Dynamite
isn't afraid to go there!"
Peter Milligan is an award-winning London-based writer of
comic books and graphic novels, published in many languages throughout the
world. His work includes groundbreaking
titles such as the psychedelic Shade The Changing Man and Skin, about a
skinhead suffering from the effects of Thalidomide, up to Greek Street, an
homage to Greek myth seen through the prism of violent modern-day London. His work also includes the more mainstream,
from Batman to the successful and critically acclaimed re-imagining of the
X-Men myth: X-Statix, described by Kevin Smith (Clerks) as "the most
well-observed scholarly analysis of media-manipulation filtered through a
pop-culture lens ever committed to the page." Milligan has had two films produced: Pilgrim
starring Ray Liotta, and An Angel For May, starring Tom Wilkinson.
"Peter Milligan is a storytelling wild card -- you
can never, ever anticipate where his story will flow," says Nick Barrucci,
CEO and Publisher of Dynamite.
"He's also one of the most well-respected writers in comics, and
deservedly so. I actually approached
Peter about working together in London a bit before Dynamite launched and he
was intrigued, but we hadn't put everything together yet, and before we could
take it to the next level, he signed his exclusive with Marvel. He later signed exclusively with DC. Over the years we've kept in touch, and
worked to find a series which he would enjoy that would take the world by
storm. We're so excited to welcome him
to aboard as the latest in a very impressive body of high-profile creators."
"I had thought that after working with creators like
Alex Ross, Matt Wagner, and Garth Ennis -- to name a few -- that perhaps I had
peaked, that I could be excited no more to work with a creator whose work was
formative to my understanding and appreciation of comics. And then comes Peter Milligan," adds Joe
Rybandt, Senior Editor of Dynamite.
"From his work on Shade and Hellblazer and X-Force/Statix and
everything in-between and beyond, Peter is a visionary and true talent. To collaborate with him and be part of his
first project with us here at Dynamite just shows there's always another
surprise around the career corner."