As revealed below, I will be scripting a new on-going
monthly for Wildstorm of Claw, DC's answer to Marvel's Conan back in the
70s.
The art will be by Andy Smith and done in a pencils to painting look
that's quite striking.
This will be an even mix of swords and sorcery. Nothing really historical
exceopt for the fact that Andy and I have agreed to set the series at a
technological level to the height of the Viking Era (800-1000 AD roughly).
The main conceit of the original series remains the same, Valcan Scaramax
(he has a last name now!) is cursed at birth by a demon and one of his
hands is a hideous non-human claw. Almost everything else is changed as I
abandon most of the sillier place names. His original 12 issue run was
uneven at best and there's not much continuity to retain.
The first arc concerns Claw making a deal with Satarina, an evil witch who
wishes to see the world turned over to evil Lovecraftian beings from
another dimension. Claw is the key to this.
Will there be violence, torture, decapitation and hot babes?
Yes, yes, yes and yes.
This one will have everything you want in a barbarian book with the
addition of a sly sense of humor.
And there WILL be werewolves... but not in any way that you'd expect.
CLAW!
-Chuck
