Van Jensen Archives

Ven Jensen Will Tattoo Stardust On His Body If He Crowdfunds $50,000
So, you know. Anyway, I was reminded of this by comic book creator  Van Jensen, best known for writing comics such as James Bond, The Flash, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Corps, Two Dead, Cryptocracy and Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer And he has a new stunt for his crowdfunded graphic novel Stardust No relation to Starlight or[...]
Help – A Comic Book Kickstarter To Benefit The Hero Initiative
Conrad, Gab Contreras, Joe Cooper, Joe Corallo, Alex Cormack, Jorge Corona, Marcelo Costa, CRANK!, Frank Cvetkovic, Nenad Cviticanin, Tony Donley, Siike Donnelly, Rich Douek, Dave Dwonch, Matt Emmons, Taylor Esposito, Scott Ewen, Eduardo Ferigato, Nick Filardi, Bob Fingerman, Tony Fleecs, Michael Jan Friedman, Antonio Fuso, Alfie Gallagher, Dillon Gemmill, Kieron Gillen, Sina Grace, Frank Gogol,[...]
James Bond: Casino Royale – An Essay by Van Jensen
The book was done by Van Jensen and Dennis Calero with colors by Chris O'Halloran and a cover by Fay Dalton It is based on the very first James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming, long before Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig Before the ejector seats and[...]
Chapterhouse March 2018 Solicits: Die Kitty Die and Invasion on FCBD 2018
Die Kitty Die comes back for Free Comic Book Day 2018, plus Van Jensen and Leonard Kirk bring you Invasion for Free Comic Book Day. Freelance and Fantomah continue their runs All this is from Chapterhouse's March 2018 solicits More details below. JAN180021 FCBD 2018 DIE KITTY DIE I LOVE YOU TO DEATH Kitty is dead… and Free Comic Book Day is just not the same without her! News[...]
Chapterhouse February 2018
Plus, another volume of Captain Canuck by Kalman Andrasofszky and Leonard Kirk, Van Jensen's Fallen Suns gets its first collected volume, and issues for Andrew Wheeler's Freelance and Ray Fawkes's Fantomah All of this is from Chapterhouse Entertainment in February of 2018. CAPTAIN CANUCK TP VOL 03 HARBINGER (C: 0-0-1) (W) Kalman Andrasofszky (A) Leonard Kirk (CA) John Gallagher Don't miss this collected edition of Captain Canuck Season 3! Tom Evans[...]
Van Jensen On Adapting Casino Royale: "Easiest Yes I've Ever Said"
But they have also tapped Van Jensen to adapt the original Casino Royale I got to chat with him yesterday about the project and the intricacies of adapting a book from 65 years ago. DAN WICKLINE: Okay, Mr Jensen, let's start this off by talking about how you got this project Up until now, Dynamite has[...]
Exclusive Extended Preview Of Wolfcop #1 And Six Million Dollar Man: Fall Of Man #5
This weeks exclusive extended previews from Dynamite Entertainment includes the second issue of Wolfcop by Max Marks and Allan Otero and the fifth issue of Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man by Van Jensen and Ron Salas. Wolfcop #2 writer: Max Marks artist: Allan Otero, Arcana Studios covers: Dean Motter (a) "WOLFCOP: LITTLE BROTHEL OF HORRORS has errant lupine[...]
It's Steve Austin Vs The OSI In Latest Six Million Dollar Man
Steve Austin fighting on a train and writer Van Jensen had artist Ron Salas do it all in one panel that goes over the length of the book Jensen talks with Byron Brewer about how Austin is now at odds with the organization that made him and just what that might mean for his future[...]
Politics, Conspiracy And Sci-Fi In An Exclusive Preview Of Cryptocracy #4
This time we are looking at the cleverly named Cryptocracy #4 from Van Jensen and Pete Woods The series is a mix of conspiracy theories, political thrills, and bizarre sci-fi all wrapped in an alternative history. Hidden away in northern China is the Preserve, a walled-off compound where the Nine Families have secreted away the world's deadliest[...]
Exclusive Extended Previews Of Vampirella #6 And Six Million Dollar Man #2
Starting off with Van Jensen and Ron Salas' second issue of Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man and then the sixth issue of Kate Leth and Eman Casallos' Vampirella Vol 3. Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #2 writer: Van Jensen artist: Ron Salas cover: Ron Salas Billionaire technologist Mick Gentle has promised to restore Steve[...]
Van Jensen Has Written A Single Panel Spread Over 22 Pages
Van Jensen talks Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #3, on sale in September by Dynamite Cover by Ron Salas. BYRON BREWER: Van, with #3 coming in September it seems this Steve Austin adventure is taking on a little bit of a Hitchcockian tone: not so much psychological horror as the "mistaken man" scenario Were[...]
Van Jensen Is The First-Ever Comic Book Ambassador Of The United States (UPDATE)
Comic book writer Van Jensen has been named the the first-ever Comic Book Ambassador of the United States. He says, I was asked by the U.S Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, to come over along with artist David Mack and spend time visiting some cultural institutions and work with a group of locals in the creation of a new comic[...]
Steve Austin Vs Ninjas In Six Million Dollar Man: Fall Of Man
Van Jensen talks Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #1, on sale in July from Dynamite Covers by Ron Salas and David Ryan Robinson. BYRON BREWER: Van, first, tell us how it feels to be writing for Dynamite. VAN JENSON: It's a big honor I've known of Dynamite and admired their books for years, and in[...]
Van Jensen Talks Flash #50 And What It Really Means To Be A Hero
Van Jensen sat down with DC All-Access to talk about the over-sized Flash #50 We are in for a huge fight within Iron Heights prison, bringing back a lot of villains He may also find a few allies And we get a reveal pertaining to the shadowy figure that the Trickster has been working with[...]
Van Jensen Can Rebuild The Six Million Dollar Man For Dynamite
One of the announcements coming out of Emerald City Con is that writer Van Jensen and artist Ron Salas will be continuing the story of former astronaut Steve Austin, who after a severe crash was turned into the Six Million Dollar Man That's not really an impressive amount of money now, but back in 1979[...]
NYCC '15: The Dark Horse Creators: Crafting the Original Story Panel With Ethan Young, Greg Pak, Christopher Golden, Donny Cates & Eliot Rahal, And Jonathan Case
At the Dark Horse Creators: Crafting the Original Story panel at New York Comic Con 2015, speakers included Donny Cates, Ethan Young, Van Jensen, Jonathan Case, Christopher Golden, and Greg Pak and things opened with a pretty solid opening round of Comic Con applause, hosted by Steve Sunu. Van Jensen was announced on his first creator[...]
NYCC '15: Van Jensen Joins Dark Horse For Cryptocracy And Two Dead
At the Dark Horse Creators: Crafting the Original Story panel at NYCC today, Van Jensen was announced on his first creator owned series in 4 years on Cryptocracy with Pete Woods on his first creator-owned series His idea was that the villain of many stories is a big, shadowy organization In this story, we try[...]
Deface Your DC Comics With #Vanbeard And… Get More DC Comics. But Signed.
Today, the creative team of The Flash got highlighted in all of DC's house ads, including writer Van Jensen. However, it was pointed out that Jensen has a beard in real life, absent in the older photo. That will not stand So Van Jensen decided to do a contest, now backed by DC Comics, called #Vanbeard. Enter your #VanBeard pic for[...]
Denver Comic Con '15: Van Jensen Chats About The Flash Annual #4
This time, she chatted with Van Jensen about The Flash. She writes: Van Jensen seemed excited to be working with artist Bong Dazo on Flash Annual #4. It is mainly about the secret history of the supervillan from the CW Flash TV show, Eobart Thawne.  My friends and I are big fans of the TV show[...]
The Bleed 2.7: Reading The Leg With Van Jensen And Jose Pimienta
The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion. We're going IN DEPTH! That's right, this week we're going all out with the creators of the crowdfunded graphic novel The Leg by Van Jensen, Jose Pimienta, and Matthew Petz. Jensen (The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Pinnochio: Vampire Slayer) and Pimienta (A Friendly Game) were both gracious enough to join us for[...]
Van Jensen Off John Stewart Green Lantern… For Now
Writer on Flash and Green Lantern Corps, it was notable with today's June mini-relaunch news that writer Van Jensen was not listed on the Green Lantern books, where he made quite a name for himself writing the John Stewart character. But not no more… .@HudsonFaber I will not be writing any new June books[...]
Van Jensen Gets His Leg Over On Kickstarter
In addition to writing Green Lantern Corps and The Flash and releasing an omnibus of the Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer graphic novels, Van Jensen is self-publishing a 180-page, full-color graphic novel through Kickstarter. The Leg features the disembodied leg of Santa Anna adventuring through 1930s Mexico It's a weird pastiche of fairy tales, Spaghetti Westerns and Mexican history featuring art by[...]