Godzilla Takes on Jay Gatsby and Dracula in New Comedian

What’s sizzling proper now within the eyes of Hollywood? Godzilla and IP crossovers, primarily that first one. What could be one of the simplest ways to mix the 2 now that the large lizard’s fought King Kong, the Justice League, and even the Power Rangers? Give him an actual problem, a giant curveball nobody would’ve anticipated prior to now: pit Godzilla in opposition to a roster of well-known characters from western literature.

Later this yr, author/artist Tom Scioli and IDW are bringing Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre to cabinets. Within the three-issue miniseries, Godzilla will go up in opposition to Sherlock Holmes, Jay Gatsby, HG Wells’ Time Traveler and…Dracula? Yep, the Prince of Darkness himself. Our primary setup is that it’s 1922, and one among Jay’s large attention-grabbing events does its job too nicely and lures Godzilla onto the scene. After the King of the Monsters does what he does finest, Jay groups up with the opposite literary characters present him what’s for, previous sport. How are they gonna take him down? Who is aware of, however it’s most likely gonna be as foolish as this complete premise.

“Think about if Godzilla thundered into the nice American novel,” Scioli advised TheWrap. As a fan of the unique Godzilla film, he’s all the time wished to do a comic book with the character, to the purpose he made a Godzilla graphic novel as follow for this. He went on to name it the literal comedian of his goals, a “grand, globe-spanning journey and intimate story of affection and heartbreak.” Scioli’s additionally decided to do probably the most with it: in line with him, Godzilla’s going to smash up a dance contest throughout his rampage, and components like submarines, horses, and speedboats may also come into play, as will Jules Verne one way or the other.

Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre kicks off in October. Peep the principle, pulpy cowl by Scioli himself down beneath.

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