Change Is A Sound

There’s too much amazing news out of Image Comic Expo tonight for my groggy little sleepy head to fully process. I mean, we already knew about Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ “Saga.” We had already heard about “The Manhattan Projects” and “Secret.”

And tonight, we get the news that there’s another volume of “Phonogram” coming, that we have another chance to visit the world of phonomancery and maybe, JUST MAYBE, buy enough copies of it to make a fourth volume seem financially reasonable for the creators.

Then there’s “Mara,” a book coming from Brian Wood and Ming Doyle. “Chin Music,” from Steve Niles and Tony Harris. “Jupiter’s Children” from Mark Millar and Frank Quitely.

I mean, that’s four stunning announcements in one night.

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Oh, and then there’s Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson working together on “HAPPY!” That might be a thing. Hell, I don’t care for a lot of Morrison’s books and I’ll probably pick that up for at least an issue or two, just to see what’s going on.

Although I have some grumbling about perceptions of disability in comics coming up, right now, I’m just enjoying being a fan and seeing really interesting ideas announced. Right now, I have hope and excitement and enthusiasm and the prospect of utterly amazing books coming very soon.

I gotta say it was a good day.