Mythical And Magic: Image Comics Announce New Ongoing ‘I, Tyrant’
by Olly MacNamee
Writer ee zann and artist Godfarr are getting together for an all-new mythical series, I, Tyrant from Image Comics and debuting this July with a main cover by Jason Shawn Alexander and variants from Godfarr, Ricardo Federici, Stevan Subic, Ryan Gajda and Hans Woody. And it seems this series means a good deal with ee zann:
“1979 Iran banned comics—and never looked twice. This might be a nonsense song where I come from, but I, Tyrant is a no-nonsense self-portrait of an expat and his ode to Miller, Kirby, and all comics Americana.”
Godfarr added:
“We tried to summon the spirit of Kirby. zann summoned a thousand notes instead. Fourteen years of Miller moods and midnight redraws of Zahhak. While we two make whoopee, you be careful when you open I, Tyrant.”
As for the on-going series’s plot…
“The no-holds-barred action of 300 meets Birdman’s magical realism when Zahhak—a legend with a stark depiction of tyrants—proposes that Hafez toss out his unpromising myth’s conclusion. Hafez must retell it with a Kirby exodus for Zahhak, to give his tale a Miller reboot in the comics industry. Creation myth needs a Devil.”
I, Tyrant #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 30th with the following covers:
- Cover A by Jason Shawn Alexander
- Cover B connecting cover by Godfarr
- Cover C blank sketch cover
- Cover D 1:10 copy incentive by Ricardo Federici
- Cover E 1:25 copy incentive by Stevan Subic
- Cover F 1:50 copy incentive by Ryan Gajda
- Cover G 1:100 copy incentive by Hans Woody
