The company just announced a sequel series to the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton classic.
So far, IDW is winning Comic-Con.
Not only have they announced a Star Trek/Planet of the Apes crossover and a new series based on Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, but now comes word that the company will be releasing an Edward Scissorhandscomic that takes place after the events of Tim Burton's iconic masterpiece. The title will mark the first collaboration between IDW and Twentieth Century Fox. While we don't know what other gems this new partnership will yield as of yet, we do have some tantalizing details about what exactly will happen in this comic:
The 1990 cult-classic film from auteur Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands ends with the heroine of the story, an aged Kim being asked by her granddaughter, “How do you know he’s still alive?” to which she answers, “I don’t know. Not for sure. But I believe he is.” In the comic book event of fall 2014, IDW Publishing revisits this modern classic two decades after the end of film to finally answer that question.
"I'm overwhelmed with excitement to be writing Edward Scissorhands. As a former (and lifelong) teen goth, few things are as close to my heart as Tim Burton's cult classics,” said series writer Kath Leth. “We're taking the story forward in time and telling a bit of a girl detective story—one of my favourite genres—a bit closer to modern times but still with that eerie, anachronistic touch. It's a bit creepy, a bit scary, but always full of wonder. Drew and I have so much love for the film, and we like to think it shows. Keep your eyes peeled for easter eggs and plenty of spirals…”
Kim’s granddaughter, Meg, grows up with Edward Scissorhands only being a legend, a bedtime story. But when weird things start to happen in her sleepy little town, it reawakens her curiously and she decides to search out for the mysterious Edward Scissorhands.
Drew Rausch, an artist who has proven himself more than adept at handling creepy whimsy in his indie book Sullengrey and SLG Publishing's Haunted Mansion series will be handling the illustation duties. (Locke & Key great Gabriel Rodriguez will take on art duties for the debut issue's cover, as seen below).
It should be interesting to see how Edward Scissorhandsfanatics feel about the character's story continuing in comics. The film is a self-contained story that doesn't exactly beg for a follow-up. While Leth and company clearly have the talents to make this title work, you have to wonder if this book might prove to be a thankless task given readers doubtlessly varied expectations for what Edward has been up to since we last saw him. (If Hot Topic employees seem especially sullen this weekend, now you know why). We'll find out whether or not this book will cut out hearts out like cleverly shaped topiarys when it hits stores in October.
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