Lazarus (comics)

Lazarus
Cover to Lazarus #2. Art by Michael Lark.
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date(s)	June 2013
Creative team
Written by	Greg Rucka
Artist(s)	Michael Lark
Letterer(s)	Jodi Wynne
Colorist(s)	Santi Arcas
Collected editions
Family (1–4)	ISBN
Lift (5–9)	ISBN
Conclave (10–15)	ISBN
Poison (16–21)	ISBN
Cull (22-26)	ISBN
HC Book 1 (1–9)	ISBN
HC Book 2 (10–21)	ISBN

Lazarus is a dystopian science fiction comic book series created by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. Image Comics has published the book since the first issue was released on June 23, 2013.

In the series, the world is has been divided among sixteen families who run their territories in a feudal system. The main character is Forever Carlyle, who is the military leader for the Carlyle family. The series has received mostly positive reviews from critics who praise its world building.

Rucka and Lark had previously collaborated on the comic series Gotham Central for DC Comics between 2002 and 2004 and various small projects for Marvel Comics in the years following. Lark wanted to work with Rucka on a creator-owned comic because he felt he was at his best drawing the kind of stories Rucka writes.

In June 2012, Rucka was in Dallas as part of a book-signing tour. He had dinner with Lark, who lived nearby, and shared an idea for a scene involving a woman who had been shot rising from the dead and pursuing her attackers. Lark liked the story and committed to drawing the comic as soon as a full script was ready. Although Rucka had previously published his creator-owned material through Oni Press, his friend Ed Brubaker had been pushing him to work with Image Comics. When they contacted Image's Eric Stephenson and pitched the project as "The Godfather meets Children of Men", he immediately expressed interest. The project, titled Lazarus, was officially announced at the San Diego Comic Con on July 14, 2012. The announcement was accompanied by promotional artwork colored by Elizabeth Breitweiser.