Ey, friends… Happy New Year!

For the first post of 2008, let’s all talk about comics (and MMORPGs). One of the legends in the biz and also a fav of mine, Jim Lee, recently made the cover for the official World of Warcraft comicbook.

The comic is being produced by DC Wildstorm. It was released last November. There’s also a free online version of issue zero. So go check it out.

Here’s Jim’s cover art:

More after the jump

A new ongoing series based on the world’s most popular massively multiplayer videogame kicks off with part 1 of a 6-part story arc written by Walter Simonson (SUPERMAN, HAWKGIRL) and illustrated by sensational French artist Ludo Lullabi & Sandra Hope (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA)!

A human is found unconscious on the shores of Kalimdor, with no memory of who he is or how he arrived there. Enslaved by the Orc Shaman Rehgar Earthfury, this man must fight for survival against members of both the Alliance and the Horde, striking uneasy relationships with other races in his quest to find the secrets of his past!