The 2007 San Diego Comic Convention wrapped up today with one of the more unexpected announcements: Rob Liefeld will be returning to one of his greatest Marvel creations, the cross-dimensional, sword-wielding, Longshot-descended Shatterstar.
But while Liefeld’s return to the mighty, multi-bladed mutant may have been unexpected, his collaborator was even moreso: Indie sensation and occasional New Yorker cover artist Adrian Tomine.
“I just figured, what the heck, you know?” said Tomine when asked about the unusual change of direction. “I’ve been writing and drawing comics this long without doing superheroes, so I thought why not really do superheroes?”
Tomine, who will also provide variant chromium covers for each issue, said that the story revolves around Shatterstar coming to terms with being on his own after Cable disbands X-Force.
“Basically, he has to ask himself the important questions we all do,” elaborated Tomine. “Where do I fit in, what do I want in life, will the cute girl at the record shop phone me back? Mutants have always been a metaphor for alienation, but I always thought there wasn’t quite enough of it.”
Liefeld only appeared briefly at the panel, giggling like an elf on amphetamines and proclaiming to everyone present that the book would be “totally rad.”