Batwoman's J.H. Williams III makes epic return with Echolands this August

Echolands #1
(Image credit: J.H. Williams III/Dave Stewart/Todd Klein (Image Comic𝔍s))

After a six-year drought, comic fans ca൩n look forward to new work from J.H. Will𝕴iams III on a regular basis once more beginning this fall. 

Echolands is an upcoming creator-o💯wned series by Williams and long-time writing partner W. Haden Blackman. Together, with colorist Dave Stewart and letterer Todd Klein, they're launching this "mythic-fiction epic" series which publis🌊her Image Comics frames as a comic book event.

"In a bizarre future world that has forgotten its his𝔉tory, a reckless thief, Hope Redhood, holds the key to excavating its dark, strange past - if only she and her crew can escape a tyrannical wizard and his unstoppable daughter," reads Image's description of 🔜Echolands #1. "But fate will send them all on a path leading to a war between worlds.

Williams is arguably the most refined artist working in North American comics today, and had tailored Echolands to stand out on shelꦺves with a unique format - it'll be presented in a wide, 'landscape' format similar to some of David Petersen's Mouse Guard graphic novels.

Check out this three-page preview:

In addition, Image Comics will be offering each issue in two editions: the s🐬tandard edition, and then a 'Raw Cut' editio💖n presenting Williams' 'raw' artwork without the outside coloring and lettering in the finished product.

"It's every fictional world, each with its own artistic style, intersecting and exploding with JHW3 magic and crackle," says Williams' Sandman: Overture partner🌠 Neil Gaiman in this book's announcement. "I can't wait to see where he and Haden Blackman are taking us—into a world in which anything can happen, and undoubtedly w🍬ill."

Echolands #1 goes on sale on August 25.

Williams and Blackman made their name together on some of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Batwoman stories of all time.

Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member ♕of the American Library Association's Graphic ♍Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)