Kaluta & Lee's Starstruck Comes To IDW
Thursday, Apr 30th, 2009
Digitally
remastered comic starts in August
IDW is proud to announce the return of the science fiction classic, Starstruck, to comics. Debuting in August, the 13-issue series will showcase the fine writing of Elaine Lee and the remarkable art of Michael Kaluta. Scanned from the original art to ensure the highest quality, the entire series is being re-colored by fantasy artist, Lee Moyer, whose painted work has appeared on the covers of books by Iain Banks, H.P. Lovecraft and Marion Zimmer Bradley.
"Starstruck is a classic work, and some of Michael's
very finest art-it has been out of print for too long," said Scott
Dunbier, IDW's Starstruck editor. "Our series will present
Elaine and Michael's vision as never before. New readers will be
astounded by it, while diehard fans will delight in seeing their
old friend looking better than ever."
Set in a far-flung and very alternative future, Starstruck
chronicles the lives and relationships of Elaine
Lee's characters from her play of the same name. The
sometimes dark, often hilarious, and always surprising
Starstruck is a visually stunning tale in which the
offspring of two powerful houses vie for wealth and dominance in a
newly free, but completely anarchic universe. First printed in
Heavy Metal and as a Marvel epic series, then a Dark Houre
comic, Starstruck is a joyride to the far side of the spiral
arm.
Author, film director and visual artist, Clive Barker, has said of
Starstruck, "I was, and am, a huge fan of Starstruck,
which I think was one of the most brave and elegant experiments in
comic book story-telling."
In addition to classic Starstuck material, each issue will
contain an episode of Galactic Girl Guides by the same
creative team as the main comic, including material never before
published. Artist Charles Vess, best known for his
work with Neil Gaiman, has inked Kaluta's pencil art for these
additional stories.
