October 21 2009 (Berkeley, CA) - This past weekend Rich Johnston's Bleeding Cool announced he would bring his comics mashup one-shot, CHASE VARIANT, to Image Comics with HEAVY METAL painter, Saverio Tenuta, and 2000AD illustrator, Bagwell, this February!"CHASE VARIANT has two distinct sides to it, "Johnston said. "One is a balls-to-the-wall blockbuster with babes, bombs, and bazookas, an extraordinary body count, and a beautiful body to boot, in the shape of the star, genetically-altered assassin of the series. The other is a metafictional treatise on the nature of reality, of fiction, of the stories we tell, and the ornaments we collect. It's a meaningful piece of comic book philosophy that's constantly being shot at by a nearly-naked, four-armed, tattooed, walking weapon. Think Michael Bay meets Rene Descartes, TOMB RAIDER meets ANNIE HALL."
In CHASE VARIANT, Johnston, Tenuta, and Bagwell's assassin attempts to fulfill her missions while stopping rival governments from trying to collect her for themselves. Yet her every action is predicted by a very familiar card game being played by unknown assailants, challenging Chase's belief in self-determination.
CHASE VARIANT ONE SHOT (IS ALL I NEED), a 32-page, full-color comic book for $3.99, will be in-stores February 2009.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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