Tyler Davis
As we begin to blaze head first into the second half of 2023, a bevy of promising new independent titles are set to release. Out all of those titles, there isn’t a book quite like Brian Buccelato (Chicken Devil, Detective Comics) and Stefano Simeone (Under the Influence)’s new series Midlife.
The story follows Rueben Kwan, a soon-to-retire and desk bound firefighter living out his middle ages being indented on all sides by life. Emotional beaten and tired, he soon discovers he has a hidden superpower that completely changes his outlook on life. In conversation with Graeme McMillan from Popverse, Brian described the book as:
“I’m fifty-two. Squarely in Generation X. I have a grown son, and two young daughters. And while I do have experience writing about superheroes, sadly I’m not one. Midlife is an attempt to put someone like me in the shoes of a hero. A guy who simultaneously feels too old to be a hero, but too young to be fifty. Fifty?! Come on! A Gen-Xer who grew up idolizing Christopher Reeve’s Superman — an icon of truth, justice, and hope —only to come of age in a world of cynicism, lying politicians, and job instability. A place without heroes to believe in. So, our guy will have to learn on the fly because the world depends on it. And he will. Because his generation is adaptable, resourceful, and underestimated.”
The series is set to begin this October. Until then you can check out a preview of the book down below alongside Simeone’s beautiful variant cover for issue one!
Cover B by Stefano Simeone
