Image Comics announced Joe Casey and Ryan Quackenbush are teaming for Junior Baker the Righteous Faker which arrives in September 2023.
In Junior Baker the Righteous Faker, readers will meet Daniel “Dizzy” Baker, a gonzo journalist chasing superhuman news items in a world that’s left superheroes behind. Stumbling onto the ultimate story, Baker embarks on a personal vision quest where his past and his future will inevitably and violently collide.
“Lately, I’ve been asking myself a lot of questions about my own relationship with the superhero genre, something I’ve been associated with professionally for over twenty-five years,” said Casey in a press release from Image Comics. “Did it still speak to me? Did it still hold the same kind of relevance as it did when I was just a fan? How many other readers of my generation were feeling this ambivalence to something that meant so much to us since we were kids? Doing this kind of sequel series confronts some those questions. So both conceptually and narratively, it’s a really big swing we’re taking here. Not to mention, Ryan is a brave, new talent and his art on this alone is worth the price of admission.”
Each issue of Junior Baker the Righteous Faker will be 30 pages in length, with the first issue arriving on September 20, 2023.
