Dante's Inferno Comic Premiers At Comic-Con (Updated)
By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
EA and DC Comics have teamed up to create a comic book mini-series based off of the upcoming Dante’s Inferno video game, with preview copies available at the San Diego Comic-Con later this week. DC Comics adds another video game license to their Wildstorm imprint with Dante’s Inferno, the action-adventure game adopted loosely from Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy”. The creative team of artist Diego Latorre and writer Christos Gage are handling the six-issue series, scheduled to launch in December of this year. The comic will touch on some of the more action-packed moments of the game, while adding a bit of depth to the game’s back story by exploring Dante’s lost-love Beatrice’s plight as her soul travels through the nine circles of hell.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Latorre and Gage will be at the Sand Diego Comic-Con this week, signing the special #0 preview issue that’s been prepared for the show, with Latorre also signing a Dante’s Inferno lithograph he created, which is a show-exclusive limited to 750 copies. The Dante’s Inferno celebration kicks off on Thursday afternoon with a panel titled “Go to Hell With Dante’s Inferno,” where various members of the development, comic, and animated feature teams will talk about adapting the classic work of literature, along with a special screening of the first trailer for the animated feature. On top of all that, the game will [[link]] also be playable on the show floor for all attendees. For [[link]] those of you trying to schedule this week (like us), I went ahead and included all of the details about who is going to be where doing what, directly from the EA press release. “Go to Hell With Dante’s Inferno” Panel – EA, DC/WildStorm and Starz Media present a panel discussion about how each group has translated the various aspects of “The Divine Comedy” into a video game, a comic series, and an animated feature. Find out from the creative minds behind each adaptation, where they were faithful and where they invented and get a peek at EA’s game in development, and be among the first to watch the world premier trailer for the animated feature “Dante’s Inferno” co-produced by EA and Starz Media’s Film Roman animation studio. The panel is at 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM on Thursday, July 23rd in Room 8. Dante’s Inferno Comic Preview Issue Signings – Artist Diego Latorre and writer Christos Gage will be at the DC Comics booth signing free copies of the Dante’s Inferno comic preview issue. The signings will take place at 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM on Friday and Saturday and at Christos Gage will be signing them at the EA booth on Thursday from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Dante’s Inferno Limited Edition Lithograph Signing – Diego Latorre has created a special, limited edition lithograph exclusively for Comic-Con, with only 750 copies available. He will be signing these copies