Glimpses into the women's pasts are framed in tight, rigid panels that feel claustrophobic and, in the case of one particularly awe-inspiring spread, outright suffocating. Scenes in the present are framed by increasingly violent and asymmetrical panels. Every word feels finely tuned to steadily dial up the tension, all the way up to the final page where we see how quickly the situation - like the fires in the backdrop - has spun out of control.Īrtist Hayden Sherman does an excellent job of conveying the mood of each moment. In all of those comics, Snyder excels at creating foreboding atmospheres.

Writer Scott Snyder is perhaps best known for his lengthy and acclaimed run on DC's Batman, but he's also the architect of darker, more mature stories like American Vampire and The Wake. Page by page, panel by panel, it pulls you into the lives of the women involved until you understand exactly why they're willing to risk everything for such a dangerous score. The rest of the issue slowly pulls you into the lives of the people involved. The first few pages of Dark Spaces: Wildfire give us an immediate glimpse into the gruesome stakes of the comic's eventual heist. The heist cannot be a matter of get rich or die trying - there needs to be something bigger at risk. It needs to make us worry about the people involved. Sean's a great friend and we had a blast together on America Vampire: Survival of the Fittest luckily, he's also one of the industry's brightest new stars, someone with unrivaled abilities as a world-builder-every scene he draws is so fully realized, so richly imagined, it's hugely inspiring working with him, and I'm grateful to him for signing on to be my partner at the end of the world, here.Whether it's in a comic, a movie or just the written word, a good heist is a delicate thing. It's one of the most ambitious stories I've ever done, and there's no one I'd rather be creating it with than Sean Murphy.

'This is a story Sean and I have actually been developing together for more than a year, a big, twisted, sprawling science fiction and horror epic, all of which begins with a single, terrifying discovery at the bottom of the ocean. 'I couldn't be more excited about The Wake!' said Snyder. It is set amidst sweeping oceanscapes and involves a discovery that reveals a secret mythology. The Wake is scheduled to be released in 2013. The two previously worked together on America Vampire: Survival of the Fittest.

The Wake will be a new limited series written by Scott Snyder with art by Sean Murphy. In addition to Trillium, Vertigo also announced another new title today at the New York Comic Con.

The wake by scott snyder