The Collapser team of Mikey Way and Shaun Simon are back together again on a new project with artist Toby Cypress called Electric Century, described as "a riveting and mind-bending journey through a world that compliments the music for Way’s second LP with the band Electric Century."
CBR has an exclusive preview of the Electric Century graphic novel from Z2 Comics, featuring those "mind-bending" visuals from Cypress and letterer Justin Birch and the story's star, Johnny Ashford. The Electric Century band is also releasing a second album that will release alongside the original graphic novel.
"I'm delighted to announce this book!" Way said when the graphic novel was announced. "The genesis of the story has been many years in the making, created with some of my closest friends. Getting to bring the two things I am most passionate about together - comics & music - has been exciting, challenging, and unbelievably rewarding. I've been waiting to tell this type of story about my home state for a long time. I truly hope everyone enjoys it."
"I couldn't be happier working with Mikey again and especially at Z2, a publisher with a firm base in the world of music and culture centric books, that values quality over quantity," Simon said. "Toby Cypress has become one of my favorite artists over the past few years. It's an incredible honor to work with such a talent and watch him bring this world to life with us."
Cypress added, "The team I'm working with is inspiring, and killing it on the script. I grew up in many of the areas the story takes place along the Jersey Beaches and casinos. This project is turning into a love letter to those amazing times back in the 80s."
Electric Century
- Written by Mikey Way and Shaun Simon
- Art by Toby Cypress
- Letters by Justin Birch
- On Sale March 31
- Johnny Ashford, former sitcom-star, drives drunk through a storefront and gets arrested. His aspiring actress girlfriend bails him out and he begins seeing a hypnotherapist. Dr. Evers sends Johnny to his "happy place": 1980's Atlantic City, where he relives his childhood on the boardwalk, hardly noticing shadowy specters all around. Johnny's addiction shifts from alcohol to his hypnotic trips to the boardwalk and the Electric Century casino, which satisfies his desire for fame. However the Electric Century harbors a dark secret, will Johnny be able to escape it and himself in time.
Electric Century goes on sale March 31 from Z2 Comics.