DC's Young Animal
A line of Mature Readers titles published by DC, curated by Gerard Way and overseen by the Vertigo editorial staff.
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DC's Young Animal
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Start year:
2016
NOTE: This concept should only be attached to the first issues of the Young Animal line of titles.
Following DC's The New 52 initiative, the Vertigo imprint ceased publication of characters owned by DC Comics (with the exception of characters related to The Sandman) and almost exclusively published creator-owned content. Years later, following the Rebirth initiative, DC sought to once again publish stories featuring their characters which were more alternative in tone and appealed to a "Mature Readers" audience as they used to do through Vertigo, and launched the Young Animal line of comics through which to publish them.
The line was conceived and curated by rockstar and Eisner-winning comic writer Gerard Way. Taking inspiration from the kinds of stories Vertigo published in the 90s, Way conceived of 4 titles that would launch the line:
- Doom Patrol - Written by Gerard Way, with art by Nick Derington
- Shade, The Changing Girl - Written by Cecil Castellucci, with art by Marley Zarcone
- Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye - Written by Gerard Way and Jon Rivera, with art by Michael Avon Oeming
- Mother Panic - Written by Jody Houser, with art by Tommy Lee Edwards
Further titles published through Young Animal are:
- Bug!: The Adventures of Forager #1 (of 6) - Written by Lee Allred, with art by Mike Allred
- Shade, The Changing Woman - Written by Cecil Castellucci, with art by Marley Zarcone
- Eternity Girl #1 (of 6) - Written by Magdalene Visaggio, with art by Sonny Liew
- Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye - Written by Jon Rivera, with art by Michael Avon Oeming
- Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. - Written by Jody Houser, with art by Ibrahim Moustafa
- Far Sector - Written by N.K. Jemisin, with art by Jamal Campbell
- Collapser - Written by Shaun Simon & Mikey Way, with art by Ilias Kyriazis
Most issues published under the Young Animal banner include a back-up story completely unrelated to the main content of the issue, usually written and drawn by creators who work in the underground comics scene doing their first work for a mainstream publisher.
DC Universe Special Crossovers: "MILK WARS"
- 2018-01-31 JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1
- 2018-02-07 Mother Panic/Batman Special #1
- 2018-02-14 The Shade the Changing Girl/Wonder Woman Special #1
- 2018-02-21 Cave Carson/Swamp Thing Special #1
- 2018-02-28 Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1
