Public Domain’s Comic-Within-A-Comic Gets It’s Own Miniseries With ‘The Domain’
by Olly MacNamee
Writer Chip Zdarsky (Newburn, Batman), artist Rachael Stott (Fantastic Four, Dr. Who) and colourist Eren Angiolini (Justice League: Last Ride) are debuting a new five-issue series, The Domain, spinning out of the award-winning Public Domain this July.
A comic-within-a-comic, here’s the breakdown:
“In the pages of Public Domain, Syd Dallas and the team at Dallas Comics reimagine their classic character The Domain for a new audience, and… this is that comic!
In the upcoming The Domain, three best friends discover a crashed UFO and uncover technology that imbues them with incredible abilities. But there’s a catch: only one of them can use the powers at a time! Can their friendship survive the power’s temptation?
The Domain promises a classic superhero story for those coming in fresh, and a fun meta story for readers of Public Domain.”
And here’s Zdarsky on his reasoning behind this new miniseries:
“When I realized that my characters from Public Domain would be creating a new superhero comic, I just knew I had to actually make that comic! It was an opportunity to create a fun, classic superhero comic while also enhancing the narrative of Public Domain and those characters’ journeys. But to do it right I needed a great art team who could pull off a kinetic, explosive superhero style, and Rachael Stott and Eren Angiolini are the perfect fit for this story. The only problem has been that fact that they’re too good and have, in fact, made Public Domain look bad by comparison. I did this to myself!”
Stott added:
“Every single time I get to work with Chip Zdarsky I feel like the luckiest artist in comics—we’ve worked in his sexy Sex Criminals universe on the Sexual Gary Annual, and then an equally sexy Spider-Man one shot, but now we get to create a world and characters together for Domain. Every (sexy) page has been a joy and delight to draw. And sexy. Then add Eren Angiolini into that equation and you have a dream project. They are one of the most talented colourists working today, and I’m so lucky to get to collaborate with them again. I love being a part of this team, and we’ve made a really cool, beautiful book together and I’m so proud excited for people to read it. Chip, did I say sexy enough? How many times did you say it would take to get the book on Oprah’s book club?”
Colourist Angiolini also got in on the hype with the following statement:
“Do you know what is better than working with Chip Zdarsky on Justice League and better than working with Rachael Stott on Doctor Who? Working with BOTH Chip AND Rachael on a fun, cosmic adventure filled with badass characters and handsome aliens,” said Angiolini. “I had a wonderful time colouring this series and I couldn’t be prouder of the result! Also, they let me go wild with illustrating the TTRPG variant covers! Pretty cool, right?!”
Expect The Dominion #1 to hit stores this July 10th from Image Comics.