One of the more unexpected – and most welcome – comical stories to derive from last weekend ’s Comic - Con was the announcement that Devil ’s Due Publishing has partner with European publisher Humanoids to bring some of their best stories to American audience , start with Nazi - science - go - wrong tale I Am Legion and dark humor account book The zombie Who Ate the World . But what makes Devil ’s Due ’s latest endeavour dissimilar from similar- and failed- ventures by DC Comics and Humanoids themselves?For one thing , Devil ’s Due is being smart about the format : each European record album is being broken down into veritable US - style comic books in initial publication before being collected again afterward , as oppose to the previous attempt to get fan and retail merchant stimulate about pay more for a magnanimous glob of something that they know nothing about . And for another , they ’re also being smarter about the material opt to ( re)introduce the business to American audiences . While the Humanoids bloodline – which whirl out of Metal Hurlants , the original version of Heavy Metal cartridge – has an fabulously impressive back catalogue of SF and fantasy cloth , Devil ’s Due is play it cool by prefer material acquire by familiar American Creator to bring in the US audience : I Am Legion is drawn by Planetary and Astonishing X - Men ’s John Cassaday , while The Zombies Who Ate The World is illustrate by BRPD ’s Guy Davis .
Both series launch in November , with work by Kurt Busiek and Butch Guice , amongst others , waiting to succeed . Devil ’s Due Partners With Humanoids[ICv2 ]
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