Willard Penn
is a struggling comic book artist with an unexpected hit and a very
unexpected problem. After Dark Hour, his comic about an unlucky-in-love
superhero sells out, Willard is hit with a bad case of writer’s block — and his
creation is refusing to sit still and wait for it to pass. Literally.
In REALITY
CHECK, a new Image Comics miniseries by Glen Brunswick (NON-HUMANS, Jersey
Gods) and Viktor Bogdanovic debuting in September, Dark Hour makes the leap
from Willard’s page to the real world. His demand to his creator: Help him to
find true love. Willard has problems other than finding Dark Hour’s perfect
woman, though, because his comic’s archvillain, Devil-Inside, a homicidal
maniac bent on causing havoc, has entered the real world as well.
Preview Pages in Reality Check #1
The
meta-fictional adventure is both a test of Willard’s creativity and a personal
challenge, Brunswick revealed in an interview with Comic Book Resources.
“One of the
side benefits of being forced to help Dark Hour hook up with a woman is it
forces Willard to re-engage with the world as well,” he said, “so in that sense
he's helping himself to connect with other people instead of solely focusing on
his creative endeavors. It causes Willard to reevaluate his life.”
In that
interview, Brunswick praises his collaborator, artist Bogdanovic. “He handles
the small moments of character expression with depth and certainty -- you know
exactly what the characters are thinking and he adds unexpected details that
inform the characters as well.”
Interviews
with Brunswick about REALITY CHECK have also run at Newsarama and PreviewsWorld.
REALITY
CHECK #1 will be in stores on September 4 and can be pre-ordered now from the
July issue of Previews (JUL130410).
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