This summer Eisner and GLAAD award winning writerJames Tynion IV, artist Álvaro Martínez Bueno, colorist Jordie Bellaire invite you to return to the world of The Nice House On The Lake.
In the 2021 – 2022, The Nice House On The Lake saw ten individuals invited to spend the weekend in an opulent lake house: the Artist, the Pianist, the Reporter, the Comedian, the Writer, the Scientist, the Accountant, the Consultant, the Acupuncturist, and the Doctor. Their mutual connection? Their friend Walter, who gave them their nicknames.
Some of them have known Walter since high school, others met him in college, and one of them only recently became acquainted with him. But in the next few days they’re about to discover the “real” Walter and the reason why each of them was handpicked to join his friend circle.
Now in the second installment The Nice House By The Sea, no one, all masters of their fields, titans of industry and knowledge, representing the best and brightest of humanity take centerstage.
The cast of DC’s The Nice House by the Sea, the second 12-issue comic book season includes the Doctor, the Writer, the Historian, the Actor, the Artist, the Priest, the Scientist, the Singer, the Politician, and the Mathematician. This time, they’re all strangers. And they’re at the House by the Sea by choice.
When Max whispered to each of them the truth of what they deserved—to be saved from disaster, to carry on the flame of civilization in a paradise built just for them—they all leaped at the chance. Why not? Why shouldn’t they be the ones to live forever?
Isn’t it their destiny to survive the culling of the lesser herd? Wouldn’t being named the future of humanity be…nice?
In the press release announcing the return of the DC Black Label imprint, writer James Tynion IV said about the series:
“The people in this house do not like each other. They don’t want to spend time with each other. There have been some weak bonds that have formed over time, but none of them are particularly affectionate toward each other. This is a house of strangers and tension much more than a house of friendship, and we’re going to see the way that guilt, boredom, and loneliness has twisted each of them.”
“Unlike our lake house, everyone in The Nice House By The Sea accepted the deaths of all their friends, family, and loved ones. They accepted the eradication of the human race and their selection as the last humans that will ever exist. It’s a truth some of them think they can live with, but the way they are living with it is by never, ever looking at it.”
In the same press release, artist Martínez Bueno added :
“I’m working with one of the best creative teams in comics right now. We’re doubling the stakes we placed three years ago and we’re pushing The Nice House on the Lake in new directions while holding together the core of what makes the project so exciting. The challenge of creating the new cast, the new locations, and reimagining the entire iconography of the series for The Nice House by the Sea has been the most exciting of my career so far.”
The first issue releases on July 23, 2024, and carries the DC’s Ages 17+ content descriptor (for mature readers).
Stay tuned for further details.