News Item: Alan Davis talks to Newsarama about The NEW Clan Destine

As many of you may know The Clan Destine, Alan Davis' mid-90s comic book series about a dysfunctional family of superbeings, was originally conceived as a project for the Marvel UK imprint. Sadly, due to Marvel UK’s closure, that did not cone to pass. It eventually saw print stateside, through Marvel US, but what was also originally planned as an ongoing series (which I understand Davis had already thought through some twenty issues of continuity to feature) eventually came to only an 8 issue series, and an X-Men crossover. A great shame.

Despite having remained a fondly remembered property for the select few, the book probably has been broadly forgotten by the many. If you’ve heard something rumbling under that name of late? It is probably because earlier this year, when Marvel Comics announced that Alan Davis had signed a new contract with them, a publicised part of that deal was the announcement of a new Clan Destine series. 

It's been a long time coming, but finally Clan Destine #1 has been solicited for February 2008, to be accompanied by a hardcover reprint of the original series. Now, that really is a bonus! Make a space on your bookshelf. 

But what can we expect from the series? What have the Clan been up to since we last saw them? Alan Davis has done an interview with the guys over at Newsarama, in which he gives people a bit more info.

By the sound of it, at least in part, it’s going to carry on right from where the first series left off. But also by the sound of it, we have a twist of the modern to add to the nostalgia. The Clan have always strived to keep itself hidden away from the world, and their centuries-long lives kept out of the public eye. But now? The world of today, and modern day technology, may no longer make that as possible as once it was.


For more info check out the full interview here:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=138731

I'm really looking forward to this one.