Forever Carlyle might not be as forever as she may seems, as Lazarus: Fallen, the final series in Greg Rucka and Michael Lark’s magnum opus, will hit stores from Image Comics this June.
Joined by colorist Santi Arcas, letterer Ariana Maher, editor Alejandro Arbona, and graphic designers Eric Trautmann and Richard Howe, Lazarus: Fallen finds Forever free from the Carlyle family… And ready to burn the whole world down to the ground.
“Michael and I started Lazarus back in 2013, and while we knew we were telling a story that was a distorted reflection of our world, I don’t think either of us imagined how less distorted that vision would become,” said Rucka via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “But for all the talk about the world-building, about the vision of the future—or arguably, prescience of the present—Lazarus has remained, at its heart, about Forever’s journey. We’re finally getting to the resolution of it—the ending that we’ve been working on from the start. There’s so much I’m excited about sharing with this final run. There are things that I think will surprise some readers—some twists that they, perhaps, didn’t see coming. I know that it’s been a long wait for these final issues, and I’m grateful for the patience our audience has shown. We’ve got the most amazing fans, and that is both humbling and gratifying.”
Added Lark, “I’m very happy to get Lazarus back into readers’ hands. Greg has given me so much to explore with the characters and storytelling, and I’m really excited about the work I’ve been doing on the new issues. I think it is some of the best work I’ve ever done, and I hope readers feel the same.”
“I love working with Michael,” continued Rucka. “He fits my sensibilities for storytelling so effortlessly, and his character work is never anything less than superb. He always delivers on the action, but it’s in the quiet scenes, in the emotional beats, that I think he shines brightest—and it’s in those moments that the series lives and breathes. This is unquestionably the best work of Michael’s career thus far, and that is genuinely saying something.”
In Lazarus, Forever Carlyle is a nearly immortal, genetically engineered warrior controlled by Malcolm Carlyle, patriarch of one of the powerful families who control the world. Through multiple miniseries and maxiseries, we’ve discovered more about the eerily prescient economic apocalypse that changed the world, and things have come crashing down as power dynamics shifted and changed… And Forever began to gain a mind of her own.
Lazarus Fallen #1 will hit stores on June 25. To get prepped, you can pick up Lazarus: The Fourth Collection, which collects Lazarus #27, #28, and Lazarus: Risen on May 21. Check out a preview of Fallen #1 below, and click for larger versions.
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