IDW has announced The Crow: Pestilence, a new miniseries coming in 2014, which will feature an all new cast living in Juarez, Mexico, created by prose writer Frank Bill (Crimes in Southern Indiana, Donnybrook), who is making his comics debut alongside artist Drew Moss. The Crow creator James O’Barr has given him the seal of approval, and will even be providing covers for the series.
“I’ve always been a big fan of James O’Barr’s The Crow and his artwork,” said Bill, “so when I was offered the opportunity to write my own version, I was blown away. I wanted to place my best foot forward, I knew I had some big shoes to fill.”
“I’ve never seen lead characters take more brutally inventive abuse than the kind Frank Bill heaped on his characters in Crimes and Donnybrook. I’m excited to see Frank bring such a strong voice and visceral storytelling ability to comics, especially on something as well-suited to his skills as The Crow,” said Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief. “It was great to find out that James O’Barr was equally intrigued by Frank’s work, comparing him to Jim Thompson and other literary greats.”
