Flash Gordon, the foundational space superhero, is returning to comics for the first time since 2003. Artist Dan Schkade is leading the reboot.
On Monday, new writer-artist Dan Schkade takes the helm of the returning comic strip “Flash Gordon.”
introduced the character in 1934, will relaunch the comic strip “Flash Gordon” beginning Sunday after a two-decade absence — featuring a new look and a new artist. That universe includes Flash’s constant companions, detective-minded love interest Dale Arden and mission-driven sidekick Dr. Hans Zarkov, as well as supervillain Ming the Merciless, tyrant ruler of the planet Mongo.
Schkade remembers being introduced to the early “Flash Gordon” comics as a teenager: “It was kind of like watching ‘Citizen Kane’ for the first time.” There, on full display in Raymond’s trailblazing work, was much of the “concentrated DNA” for the beginning of superhero comics.Schkade started drawing his own photocopied comics at age 8, but it was at 16, while living in San Diego, that he became a mentee of area cartoonist Batton Lash .
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