The classic team has been alive and well in the lead up to the 60th anniversary of the Fantastic Four. Though the team could have closed the year out by doubling down on their profiles within the comics universe, the publisher has stepped up with an unexpected partnership.
Alex Ross is a well-known artist in the industry, but he has yet to write and illustrate a book of his own, something that many of his fans have wanted to see. Fantastic Four: Full Circle is a large-format graphic novel that will be produced by MarvelArts and will be a new partnership between the two companies.
The press release describes the comic as the Fantastic Four story Ross has been wanting to tell for years, and it is one of the greatest artistic experiments he has attempted.
A classic comic from the team's Stan Lee/Jack Kirby era is used as a jumping off point for a story that pulls Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm into the Negative Zone on a mission to save the universe. What is interesting about the comic is what it portends for the future of collaborating with other publishers. The House of ideas and friends have written a number of books like Fantastic Four: Full Circle, but it feels like it will be the first of many.
