The action-packed Dutch #0 prologueby fan-favorite writer Joe Casey (JesusFreak, Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker) and artist Nathan Fox (The Weatherman, Dark Reign: Zodiac, Dogs of War) hits shelves today and provides fans with just a taste of the eye-popping, jaw-dropping new direction to come. Next, Casey will join forces with artist Simon Gane (Sunburn, Paris) to bring fans even more Dutch thrills in an all-new upcoming adventure from Image Comics in February 2024.From today’s exciting prologue will spring forth the new Dutch, a three-issue miniseries, which will usher in the return of Chap Yaep’s iconic, golden era Image Comics character of the same name. This new Dutch launch will also feature an exclusive variant cover by legendary Dutch creator Yaep himself.
“As soon as I read Joe’s script for Dutch, I wanted to draw it,” said Gane. “It’s literally explosive from the start and manages to be both bombastic and deft throughout, and so much fun! He’s cooking alright. Like a Michelin-starred chef with a flamethrower.”
In Dutch, the classic ’90s super-soldier returns. An enemy from the past has forced Dutch back into the belly of the beast—but will his former teammates welcome him back? Or will a cybernetic kill team get to him first?
Casey added: “Believe me when I say, Dutch #0 is just the beginning. This new miniseries with the great Simon Gane is the next, white-hot phase of something much bigger—maybe the biggest, most expansive story I’ve ever told at Image Comics. Personally, I can’t wait for readers to see the mayhem that Simon and I are cooking up, taking the classic Image action aesthetic and launching it into the next decade!”
Dutch will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 14, 2024:
- Dutch #1 Cover A by Gane
- Dutch #1 Cover B (1:10 copy incentive) by Yaep
- Dutch #1 Cover C (1:25 copy incentive) by Nick Pitarra
The Dutch #0 prologue is available at comic book shops TODAY:
- Dutch #0 Cover A by Fox – Lunar Code 0923IM332
- Dutch #0 Cover B (1:15 copy incentive) by Ian Churchill – Lunar Code 0923IM333
- Dutch #0 Cover C (1:25 copy incentive) by Jim Rugg – Lunar Code 0923IM334
Dutch will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
ABOUT JOE CASEY
Casey is known for his Eisner Award-nominated cosmic superhero epic, Gødland. His critically acclaimed run on the series Wildcats and Automatic Kafka landed on numerous “best of the decade” lists. His genre-busting cult-favorites Officer Downe and Butcher Baker The Righteous Maker helped propel him onto MTV.com’s list of the 10 best writers of 2011. In 2013, Casey launched new titles on the Man of Action imprint at Image Comics: Sex, a current critically-acclaimed series, originally previewed in Playboy, and his series The Bounce, now available as a graphic novel. In 2013, Casey created a one-shot comic, Modern Romance, for the prestigious 60th Anniversary issue of Playboy. Officer Downe was adapted for a feature film with Casey as screenwriter/producer in 2016.
ABOUT SIMON GANE
Gane got his start self-publishing mini comics and punk fanzines. His more recent work includes They’re Not Like Us with writer Eric Stephenson and the three-times Eisner Award-nominated mini-series Ghost Tree with Bobby Curnow. Image Comics have published his two collaborations with Andi Watson, an expanded hardcover edition of Paris and their latest book Sunburn, a 224 page coming of age story set on a Greek Island.