JCV & MLH write 24 for IDW

[JCVaughn]

http://comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3418

Fox Television's "24" is known for its unique format where each episode of the series equates one hour worth of story, with a full season detailing the events of a terrorist threat played out in a single day. Focusing on the Los Angeles branch of the Counter Terrorism Unit, "24" is filled with high action and suspense. The show stars Kiefer Sutherland as CTU agent Jack Bauer, a character that's been dubbed by many fans as the "manliest man alive" due to the sheer number of times he's escaped imminent death. This July, Jack Bauer gets his chance to prove his worth on the printed page.

"24: One Shot" is a 48-page, full color, squarebound graphic novella coming from IDW Publishing this July. In keeping with tradition, the comic itself will keep to the unique time format, where two pages of printed story will equal one hour of time. "24: One Shot" is written by J.C. Vaughn and Mark L. Haynes of "Battlestar Galactica" fame with art by "CSI: Miami" artist Renato Guedes.

"24" joins a number of other high-profile licensed properties at IDW, including television programs "The Shield" and "CSI" and the film "Underworld."

In "24: One Shot," CTU agent Jack Bauer has to protect a beautiful and deadly terrorist for twenty-four hours, but after an attack by her former friends, he has only one bullet left in his gun. Will Jack save the day? Viewers of the television show know that with "24," no one is ever safe.

"We at IDW are big fans of the series 24," Editor-in-Chief Jeff Mariotte said in a press release. "We had some difficulty at first trying to figure out how the ticking clock element, so crucial to the show, would work on the printed page. But J.C. Vaughn and Mark Haynes had some ideas, and they convinced us that it could work. We teamed them up with Renato Guedes, who does some of the best actor likenesses ever, and we think the book will be every bit as entertaining as the TV series."

The book goes on sale this July with a retail price of $6.99. Promotion includes an excerpt in a Free Comic Book Day Release and major national publicity, according to the publisher.

[JCVaughn]

Sad, but true. The mere thought of the 70 degree sunshine-filled day outside spaced me out, but we were both pretty psyched about the announcement. You can see the top of my new Bizarro t-shirt, which actually got more attention than my writing career.

[JCVaughn]

IDW's Jeff Mariotte and Ted Adams

[Delvie]

An UBER CONGRATS on the 24 gig. That's pretty high profile book (atleast, in my mind).

[JCVaughn]

An UBER CONGRATS on the 24 gig. That's pretty high profile book (atleast, in my mind).

Me, too! (Ha!)

Seriously, thanks! I'm really psyched about 24, SHI, FASHION IN ACTION and even, dare I say it, McCANDLESS & COMPANY.

It should be an interesting year.

[JCVaughn]

Although I think the coloring is inferiror to his own work (which he'll be doing on 24), here's a couple beautiful pages from Stargate SG-1 illustrated by Renato Guedes.







Stargate SG-1 is written by CPFoJCV James Kuhoric.

[kikuchiyo]

I have yet to watch 24. I hear it is a very good show, but for some reason I haven't given it a try. But, I'll take a look at the comic. Good luck with it.

[JCVaughn]

I have yet to watch 24. I hear it is a very good show, but for some reason I haven't given it a try. But, I'll take a look at the comic. Good luck with it.

Thanks!

Don't start with the show if you don't have time to get hooked.  ;) It's pretty amazing like that, and I'm a fairly jaded TV viewer.

[JCVaughn]

24 will be part of the IDW sampler for Free Comic Book Day. The actual comic is scheduled to be on sale later that month.

Please tell your retailer to order both!

We need your support.

[JCVaughn]

Good gravy! Today we saw the first page of Renato's art! WOW!!!

This is going to be one great book.

You have been warned.  :o

[BillyTucci]

Major Congrats JCV!  But how come I didn't see you at the Long Beach Con?

[JCVaughn]

Major Congrats JCV!  But how come I didn't see you at the Long Beach Con?

Well, your finger was there. I thought I was talking to you...

[JCVaughn]

Dudes and Dudettes --

Man, I've seen three pages (of the six that will be in the Free Comic Book Day sampler from IDW) and they look SO good it's almost unreal.

JCV

[JCVaughn]

IDW Announces Release for Free Comic Book Day
CSI, 24, The Shield, and 30 Days of Night are Featured

San Diego, CA, April 2, 2004 -- IDW Publishing has announced its contribution to Free Comic Book Day, an IDW sampler containing excerpts from 24, CSI, The Shield, and 30 Days of Night.

"The purpose of Free Comic Book Day is to get new readers into the comic book stores," IDW VP of Marketing Beau Smith said. "It's the job of the publisher and the retailer to keep them coming back. IDW Publishing plans to do their part in this endeavor by issuing a very appealing product on Free Comic Book Day."

CSI is the #1 dramatic series on broadcast TV, with more than 25 million weekly viewers. The Shield has set viewership records for basic cable programming. 24, IDW's newest television license, has won both critical acclaim and high ratings for its clever and suspenseful action. All three shows are multiple award winners. 30 Days of Night has been a huge hit for IDW, and has received significant attention from other media outside comics.

"Our feeling was that since the point of Free Comic Book Day is to introduce the fun and excitement of comics to non-traditional comic book readers," Editor-in-Chief Jeff Mariotte said, "what better way than with properties that are already well-known to most Americans? We're especially excited about 24, which will be seen on Free Comic Book Day for the first time, a couple of weeks before our first one-shot is released. This will be most people's first look at the incredible work our creative team has done here."

The IDW Free Comic Book Day offering is a full-color, 32-page comic book that comes with four different covers, one from each property contained within.

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea + Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among IDW's titles are CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's 30 Days of Night and its sequels, Dark Days and Return to Barrow; Ashley Wood's Lore; CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations; and Steve Niles' Wake The Dead, Remains, Aleister Arcane, and Hyde. Columbia Pictures has optioned the movie rights to 30 Days of Night, with Sam Raimi attached to produce. Konami is producing a video game based on CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations. Dimension Films has optioned the movie rights to Wake The Dead and Hyde. IDW Publishing is the recipient of the Diamond Gem Award for Comic Book Publisher of the Year for 2003.

[JCVaughn]

So far we've done interviews about 24 for ComicBookResources.com, The Pulse, and Comics International. I think there's a couple others coming up.

Saw the final two pages of art for the FCBD preview today... pages 14-20 of the story are in there, along with pages from CSI, 30 Days of Night, and The Shield.

I'll post links whenever the interviews are up.

[BillyTucci]

Very good coverage indeed.

Knock em' dead.

[JCVaughn]

Jack Bauer questions Moira O'Neal, a former IRA terrorist, in 24:One Shot (Page 16), illustrated by Renato Guedes

VAUGHN AND HAYNES BRING JACK BAUER FROM "24" TO COMICS IN "24: ONE SHOT"

by Jonah Weiland, Executive Producer
Posted: April 16, 2004

He's saved the President's life from an attempted assassination. He saved Los Angeles from a nuclear threat. And he's even trying to save Los Angeles from a second thread, this time a biological weapon. Who is this manliest of men? Why, it's "24's" Jack Bauer, of course. Could his next mission be to save comics?

As you learned last month, IDW Publishing will be releasing a one-shot issue based on the hit Fox television series "24" called, appropriately, "24: One Shot." It's an all-new story worked up specifically for this comic by writers J.C. Vaughn and Mark L. Haynes. CBR News spoke with Vaughn and Haynes to see what we can expect with "24: One Shot."

"CTU agent Jack Bauer has to protect a beautiful terrorist, who up until this point has been among the worst of the worst," Vaughn told CBR News. "Her name is Moira O'Neal, she's from an IRA splinter faction, and things in her life have brought her to a point where she's changed, or at least seems to have changed. Now her former friends want to kill her. All this on Jack's first day at CTU."

READ THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW HERE:
http://comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3534

Jonah did a great job with it.

And see what I've been saying about Renato's art?

[suryanijan]

Wow .. that is fan .. tas.. tic!

[JCVaughn]

Wow .. that is fan .. tas.. tic!

Thanks!

The pages we've seen so far are all that good. I cannot wait to see more!

[JCVaughn]

http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=002131

[JCVaughn]

We've seen the lettered pages from our 24 story that will appear in the IDW FCBD sampler and they're just phenomenal.

Now we've started seeing the pages that are actually earlier in our story and they're just dynamite. If you like the show, I really think you're going to like this book.

It's Page 315 in the May 2004 PREVIEWS, so please ask your retailer to carry it!

[Delvie]

Lookin' very cool!

[JCVaughn]

Lookin' very cool!

Thanks, Delvie.

And to everyone who has already pre-orderd this book through their retailers, many thanks. We're very hopeful about this one.

The pages we keep seeing are fantastic. I really can't wait for you to see the book so you can see what I'm talking about it.

If you're interested and haven't signed up for my email newsletter, just drop a line to McCandlessJCV@yahoo.com and I'll sign you up. No extra spam... just my newsletter.

Renato's CSI: MIAMI "Thou Shalt Not..." is out now. It'll give you a fair indication of what he can do on 24.

Lastly, if you still are interested, retailers have a few days before their final orders are due. You can really help out by asking your retailer if he or she has ordered 24: ONE SHOT, and then getting them to do so if they haven't.

THANKS!