New IDW Godzilla Comic to debut in May!

Straight from Bobby Curnow, IDW editor, he gives word on the IDW forums of an all new Godzilla series debuting in May!

(For reference Bobby was the editor for both the fantastic "Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths" and "Godzilla: Legends" series').

To simply be called "Godzilla", it will be a "reboot" that continues several themes from the "Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters" series...while still taking things in a whole new direction.

Here's the info straight from the man himself:

"In May we'll be launching a new Godzilla ongoing, simply titled "GODZILLA" It will be written by Duane Swierczynski and art by Simon Gane. Ronda Pattison will be returning to colors. Our own Chris Mowry will continue as invaluable creative consultant.

It will be a 'soft reboot' meaning that the story takes place in the same world as Kingdom of Monsters. Other than that though, pretty much everything will be different. The tone, the characters, the story arc. We might revisit some unanswered questions left by KOM, but for the most part, expect a completely different book. Think of it as a movie sequel with a different director, writer, cinematographer, and actors.

Issue #1 will have covers by Art Adams (see pictured for cover A wrap-around awesomeness!), Tony Harris and Ryan Kelly. Moving forward expect to see great covers from Zach Howard, Matt Frank and Jeff Zornow, among others."

Sounds great!

(I guess this also explains why we haven't heard of any new issues coming from the Kingdom of Monsters).

It's easy to see that IDW is learning their mistakes from the tepid GKOM series.

They realize that a Godzilla comic book still has a strong potential IF they stick to the basics.

They should NOT involve corny, inane scenes aimed at Republicans, various pop stars, and other fluff that threw the GKOM series completely out of the loop.

I enjoy it when a company admits to their own mistakes and seeks to start things over rather than bully things on.

And look at that cover art from Art Adams!  He is truly THE Godzilla artist!

Here's the direct link to the IDW forum, where Bobby promises more info as it happens:

forum.idwpublishing.com: New Godzilla IDW series