Unconfirmed: Irene Koh is the new Legend of Korra comics artist
Today we bring you an unconfirmed scoop to end the drought of information concerning the upcoming Korra comics. This isn’t a leak, it’s a very well-educated guess.
The above-left poster (enhanced and de-skewed based on multiple source photos) was “secretly” released at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, meaning they didn’t announce its existence but if you asked for it at the Nick booth, they would give it to you. No artist was given credit, but upon some research it is obvious that the artist who drew this poster is Irene Koh. A selection of some of her art can be seen above-right, and the following graphic depicts a comparison between her Twitter icon and Korra in the poster, stylistic similarities that all but confirm this is the poster artist.
The reason this is significant is because it is rumored that the same artist who drew the secret poster is also the new artist for upcoming The Legend of Korra comics. This isn’t confirmed, but multiple sources, who we won’t expose, strongly point to this being the case, which we can personally corroborate based on insider evidence that looks fairly compelling.
It has been almost a year since we’ve had any communication from Nick or Dark Horse about the comics, a feeling all too familiar for the Korra fandom. The comics were announced at last year’s NYCC 2015, with Brittney Williams as the artist and Michael Dante DiMartino as the writer. The first comic/graphic novel in what is probably a trilogy was supposed to come out in Fall of this year, but since the announcement, Brittney Williams dropped out and that release date has 100% fallen through since there has been NO news since last year. It’s likely that there were multiple delays in both art and writing, but losing the artist and finding a new one was definitely at least one of the reasons.
Irene Koh will likely be announced as the new artist of the upcoming Legend of Korra comics at this year’s NYCC 2016, October 6-9.
Michael Dante DiMartino, ATLA and TLOK co-creator and writer, will still be the writer of the comics (or at least the first comic?).
Irene Koh has previously worked on DC’s Batgirl Origins and Wonder Woman, Marvel’s 1602, and IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Some lok fanart can be seen on her blog, which is a different style from the poster, but it’s unknown if either style will be used for the comics.
Stay tuned for official news about the upcoming Korra comics at this year’s New York Comic-Con. Panels will be announced soon. Hopefully we will get confirmation of the unconfirmed info in this post, and also much more as well! It’s likely that with how long the wait has been, some combination of plot descriptions, titles, covers, previews, release dates etc. will be revealed.
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