EXCLUSIVE! Image Expo: PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL from Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, & Matt Wilson

Earlier this week, we posted a teaser promising “One More Time” and featured the creator names Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matt Wilson.

This creative team is best known for working together on Phonogram from Image Comics, and speculation ran rampant as to what that teaser meant. Could it be more Phonogram? A new and different title all together?

Now the wait is over.

Today at the Image Expo, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson announced the third volume of Phonogram would in fact be a reality. Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl brings Gillen, McKelvie and Wilson back together for another go around with the music equals magic concept behind Phonogram.

Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl will be a six issue miniseries and will be a part of the greater Phonogram story that Gillen and McKelvie began years ago.

Personally, as a fan, I’m delighted. Phonogram has been one of my favorite comics of the past decade and I thought we’d never see more from this team, so I’m ecstatic to see them back together and if the image shown to the right is any indicator, it’s going to be fantastic.

Curious about Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl, I chased down writer Kieron Gillen to get the scoop as to what we can expect.  Gillen was kind enough to forward me the text of his blog post, which explains it all (and I encourage you to go check it out as it’s filled with Gillen-esque wit).

Here are the major highlights about Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl from Kieron Gillen:

Firstly, yes, we confirm it will be awesome.

It’s primarily about the war between coven queen witch Emily Aster and the half of her personality she sold to whatever lies on the other side of the screen. It’s about identity, eighties music videos and further explorations of Phonogram’s core “Music = Magic” thesis. There is horror. There are jokes. There are emotions. There may even be a fight sequence. It also takes A-ha’s Take On Me with far too much seriousness – which, for us, is the correct amount of seriousness.

We’re not talking about single-issue format yet. In fact, we may not talk about it at all and have it a surprise what you find inside each time. We hate to repeat ourselves.

And Gillen addresses the biggest question of all that’s been on the minds of everyone:

And finally: we said we couldn’t do any further Phonogram. We’re doing more Phonogram. What’s changed? Circumstances have changed. Sorry to play enigmatic, but it’s just financial stuff and the day when the most important thing about Phonogram are lines on a graph is the day the little Phonofairy dies.

The most important reason for our return? Phonogram felt like unfinished business. While each volume stands alone, knowing we were so close to giving a little closure to Emily, Kohl and the rest was more than we could bear.

So we’re doing it again.

One more time.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go call Jamie McKelvie and see if I can talk him out of drawing Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl digitally….