Yes, it’s happening. Phonogram Volume 3: The Immaterial Girl by Gillen, McKelvie and Wilson. Coming from Image Comics in 2012.
That teaser and explanatory text was posted up on Gillen’s blog at 3am this morning. A few quotes:
“THE IMMATERIAL GIRL will be six issues. We’ve talked a little about what a hypothetical third Phonogram would be about in interviews, and almost all of that is in here. It’s primarily about the war between coven queen witch Emily Aster and the half of her personality she sold to whatever lies on the other side of the screen. It’s about identity, eighties music videos and further explorations of Phonogram’s core “Music = Magic” thesis. There is horror. There are jokes. There are emotions. There may even be a fight sequence. It also takes A-ha’s Take On Me with far too much seriousness – which, for us, is the correct amount of seriousness.”
“….we said we couldn’t do any further Phonogram. We’re doing more Phonogram. What’s changed? Circumstances have changed. Sorry to play enigmatic, but it’s just financial stuff and the day when the most important thing about Phonogram are lines on a graph is the day the little Phonofairy dies.
The most important reason for our return? Phonogram felt like unfinished business. While each volume stands alone, knowing we were so close to giving a little closure to Emily, Kohl and the rest was more than we could bear.
So we’re doing it again.
One more time.”
This is very, very good news.
February 25th, 2012 at 9:52 am
It is good news. The Phonogram team are extraordinary talents. Just wish they had some rich backer so they could go indie/creator-owned full-time (or that the fans would diversify in terms of their tastes and buy stuff other than super-hero fare).