Get ready to back that azz up because Juvenile is coming to Image Comics, from visionary filmmaker Jesús Orellana. The man behind Rosa is coming to comics for the first time, writing and illustrating a wild-sounding science fiction miniseries, set to launch this December.
Set in the future where a deadly virus kills anyone who reaches adulthood, and teens are locked in enormous medical facilities, a mysterious new patient in one called El Castillo arrives… And may change everything. Turns out the virus doesn’t kill the teens, it gives them telekinetic abilities. And naturally, the parents just don’t understand and want to shut them down.
“Although I started in comics, my love for film pushed me to single-handedly create Rosa, a sci-fi animated short that quickly caught Hollywood’s attention. It led me to develop a live-action feature with Fox, but when that project collapsed under the weight of its massive, epic scale, I knew I had to take a different approach. I still wanted the same thrilling end-of-the-world stakes, but with a tighter, more contained focus: a single location and a small cast of characters. That’s how Juvenile was born,” said Orellana. For me as a creator, comics and film are two sides of the same coin, so it was only natural to return to the medium where I started with this project. Juvenile is my debut as a full creator and my first work for the American market. I’m incredibly excited for readers to finally experience it!”
The first issue will include a main and variant cover by Orellana, and an incentive cover by Maria Llovet. It hits stores on December 4.
You can check out preview pages and three covers from Juvenile #1, below. Click for larger versions.
