Some exciting news out of the DC Comics camp this morning. Fan favorite Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Nobody) will be writing a new ongoing Superboy comic!

Lemire will be teaming with artist Pier Gallo on the new series later this year. Fans will get their first taste of the book in August with a one shot co-feature in Action Comics #892.

That’s one of Gallo’s sketches here at right.

DC’s Source Blog asked Lemire what to expect from the series…

One of my favorite new books of last year was Sweet Tooth. Eisner-nominated writer/artist Jeff Lemire has a very unique style and vision and I think he’s a person you should be aware of.

I have been in love with the series since the beginning and now you can sample the first issue courtesy of DC/Vertigo.

DC has Issue #1 available right now and I highly encourage you to give it a try and then when you’re hooked like me, you can pick up Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Woods this May.

The story follows Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children, as he sets out with Jepperd, a hulking drifter, on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find “˜The Preserve’ a refuge for hybrids.