Once again
bleedingcool.com has more details of DC Comics rumored prequels to Alan Moore's classic comic book series. As a reminder yesterday they reported that artist Andy Kubert would be drawing one of the four mini-series, but today we have new specific details.
Bleeding Cool says that not only is Andy Kubert going to be working on one of the prequels, but so is his father, Joe Kubert. Andy's father is the founder of
The Kubert School a prestigious school for comic book artists located in New Jersey. Joe is best known for his work on DC Comics
Sgt. Rock & Hawkman.
The father and son team will supposedly will be working on a Nite Owl mini-series. This prequel is expected to involve the original Nite Owl and his replacement.
A source has informed
Bleeding Cool that Darwyn Cooke will be handling the writing duties on the Comedian series. Darwyn is an Eisner Award winner, best known for his work on
The Spirit and
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter.
And what about the legendary Dave Gibbons' the artist, and co-creator of
Watchmen? Well Bleeding Cool has also learned that he will won't be an active participant for these four projects. The source has informed the site that he'll be passive "for this wave," indicating that that there could be more to come.