'Saucer Country': Vertigo unveils Paul Cornell's new comic

Vertigo has announced Saucer Country at New York Comic-Con.

Paul Cornell will write the ongoing series for the DC Comics' mature imprint alongside artist Ryan Kelly (The New York Five).

The title tells the story of Arcadia Alvarado, the Governor of New Mexico, who is 'abducted by aliens' on the eve of her announcement that she is running for President.



"Those speech marks are because she's not exactly sure what happened," wrote Cornell on his blog.

"But she's going to use all her staff and resources to find out. What happened to her might also be a threat to US security. It's The West Wing does The X-Files."

Cornell continued: "Saucer Country is a trip through UFO mythology, a subject I've always been fascinated with. It's a dark, suspenseful, serious thriller with, I hope, some warm, very human characters at the heart of it.

"Between arcs that feature Arcadia and her staff venturing into the murky worlds of flying saucer lore, we'll be featuring one-off 'true story' issues, a short version of which already appeared in the Strange Adventures one-shot earlier this year."

Cornell is currently writing Stormwatch and Demon Knights for DC.

Saucer Country will debut next year.