written by Duane Swierczynski
art by David Messina
Perhaps you'll remember IDW's first-ever crossover event, the theoretically improbable Infestation (because the company's best-known assets are all licensed properties). Apparently they're doing it again. The preview I picked up at Heroes & Dragons in Colorado Springs may have actually sold me on this thing. At the very least, this kind of event is unique in comics, not just because it seems like it shouldn't exist, but because an entire framework has to be created from elements that don't normally exist in the individual titles. I don't know how they did it the first time around, but Infestation 2 ties into the whole cult of H.P. Lovecraft (a subculture I was tangentially exposed to in high school, but have never actually experienced for myself). Tie-in properties include Transformers, Dungeons & Dragons, Groom Lake, Weekly World News, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, and 30 Days of Night. I believe I will have to try and check it out...
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