Eric Kripke’s Amped Lands at Vertigo Comics and USA Network

Coming this Fall from Vertigo Comics:  Amped, a six-issue monthly superhero miniseries from television creator Eric Kripke (Supernatiral, Revolution), that is already in development for a USA Network television series.  Created and written by Kripke, Amped is drawn by John Higgins (Hellblazer, Before Watchmen), and has covers by Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke, The Invisibles).

In Amped, when family man Josh Jaffe is in a funk, he orders a ‘smart pill’ to jumpstart his focus, but the drug supersizes his strength and power instead, and his decision to be a real-life superhero starts him on a rollercoaster of glory and humiliation.

“Eric has such a clever, irreverent cadence which makes him a natural writer for the Vertigo line,” stated Executive Editor Shelly Bond. “Amped promises to be as addictive as its title substance.”

“Pretty much everything I’ve ever written has been insanely influenced by Vertigo, so it’s a dream come true to write my first comic there,” said creator and writer Eric Kripke. “Amped is a project I’m foaming-at-the-mouth passionate about– and it’s also the most personal, warts-and-all story I’ve ever told. So I’m having the time of my life writing the comic– and basing the TV series off the comic, too. I can’t wait for readers to read it– and then down the road, for watchers to watch it.”