UN-MEN Update!

Check this out! Local artist Mike Hawthorne is currently working on a new series from DC/Vertigo... the UN-MEN! Spinning out of the old SWAMP THING (1972) comic, the UN-MEN were created by Anton Arcane as immortal and invincible bodies for him to occupy... and some of them are still out there.

For more info, HERE'S an article/interview from Comic Book Resources. And HERE'S a link to Mike's own website with some cool artwork from the series.

Mike also sent me the following info from the solicitation for UN-MEN #1, which will be in the next PREVIEWS!

THE UN-MEN #1
WRITER - JOHN WHALEN
ARTIST - MIKE HAWTHORNE
COVER ARTIST - TOMER HANUKA

ARE YOU READY TO GET YOUR FREAK ON?

They say the freaks come out at night. But in Aberrance City, being a freak is big business. Sitting on the board of directors are the weirdest freaks of all -- birthed in the profane laboratories of Anton Arcane -- the Un-Men. In this new, ongoing series that combines gritty noir, grindhouse horror and gallows humor, an albino agent known as Kilcrop is dispatched by the government to investigate the murder of a sideshow attraction called The Gill-Boy. To uncover the truth, Kilcrop must infiltrate Aberrance, where society's most misshapen outcasts can find their own kind of freedom. But with the original Un-Men in charge of the city, Kilcrop must confront a corruption far deeper than the mysterious death of a man who breathes through his neck. He must deal with his growing love for a one-armed, angel-winged beauty named Niko - an attraction that could prove fatal. And the truth he discovers may be the secret of his own outsider∂s soul. Breakout debut writer John Whalen and artist Mike Hawthorne (THE EXTERMINATORS, Queen and Country) bring chilling new life to the characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson in the original SWAMP THING, with a series that explores what it means to be a freak in a society filled with gawkers.

Did I mention that MIKE HAWTHORNE will be at COMIX CONNECTION-YORK on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY? He'll be there from 1PM-4PM, signing autographs and chatting with fans... ask to see some of his pages from the UN-MEN! They're incredible!