Last week, hopefully I opened a few new eyes to the talent of Jonathan Hickman. As I said in the earlier installment, Hickman's FIRST major Marvel Project comes out this week, in SECRET WARRIORS #1, a book he is co-writing with Bendis. From what I understand, the book's direction may be Bendis, but the writing is ALL Hickman.



And just to show you the type of Dedication Hickman puts into his books, here are a couple of pages of proposal stuff that he sent to Marvel when he was fleshing out this new series, showing relationships between all the groups in the hierarchy of the Marvel's underground power struggle(click to see larger versions):



And another fact, not very publicized by Marvel or anyone else. Jonathan Hickman has a story in the new Astonishing Tales anthology out this week.



Here is a list of Jonathan Hickman's Image projects, completed and still in progress:

Nightly News - As an act of violence spirals out of control to encompass the entirety of the news media, a cult has emerged from the errors and retractions that have ruined careers, marriages and even lives. Under direction from his cult master, The Hand leads an army of followers committed to revolution, willing to die for their cause. - Graphic Novel out now.

Transhuman - Jonathan Hickman and JM Ringuet present a mockumentary about the future, where genetically engineered humans are created by rival companies in an attempt to corner the market under the guise of bettering the world. Transhuman is an irreverent view of the origin of a new technology, the starting of rival companies, the piles of cash made from taking them public, and the marketing wars that end with one company dominating the other. - Graphic Novel out last week

Red Mass For Mars - From the mind of comic book innovator Jonathan Hickman and the pen of super-talent and Image debutant Ryan Bodenheim comes the visually stunning A Red Mass For Mars. In a world that has survived every catastrophe imaginable, a new threat from the beyond stars looks to be the end of all humanity. A Red Mass For Mars tells the story of the last days of Earth and the one man who could have saved us all - but didn't! - 2 issues out so far...

Pax Romana - In 2045, as Islam has overrun Europe and the West openly shuns monotheism, the Vatican funded, CERN Laboratories 'discover' that time travel is possible. The Pope orders the creation of a private army, and led by a few handpicked Cardinals and the finest graduates of selected war colleges, they travel back in time to 312AD - the reign of the first Christian Emperor, Constantine. Upon arrival, conflicting agendas, ideological differences, and personal greed see grand plans unravel. Pax Romana is the tale of 5,000 men sent on an impossible mission to change the past and save the future. At the end of the world, will they succeed, or will they fail? - Graphic Novel out in the next few weeks