Next Issue Project

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Next Issue Project
Cover of Next Issue Project 1 (Fen 2008 Image Comics), art by Erik Larsen
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Schedule	Irregular
Title(s) Fantastic Comics #24 Silver Streak Comics #24 Crack Comics #63 Speed Comics #45
Formats	Original material for the series has been published as a set of one-shot comics.
Genre	Science fiction, superhero
Publication date	February 2008

The Next Issue Project is a series of American comic-book anthology one-shots published by Image Comics beginning in February 2008. The multi-title project, edited by Erik Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon, features comic book characters that have fallen into the public domain.^[1][2]

The premise behind the series, according to Larsen, is:

... for any fan of comics, not just fans of Golden Age books. Often, the promise of Golden Age comics—where creators were making up the rules as they went along and were blazing new trails—was more exciting than the reality..., where creators were essentially mimicking some of the same dull formulaic writing found in other mediums at the time. Everyone who contributes to [the Next Issue Project] was intent on fulfilling the promise of the Golden Age and delivering a book that was more than a mere homage, but also a thrilling glimpse of what comics could be—if only creators were allowed to run wild with the characters they were handed!^[3]