# Brian K. Vaughan breaks new ground with Roam

> The Dune: Part Three cowriter announces a superhero comic with artist Cliff Chiang, his first true superhero book after three decades in comics.
- Title: Brian K. Vaughan breaks new ground with Roam · WIRED
- Summary: The Dune: Part Three cowriter announces a superhero comic with artist Cliff Chiang, his first true superhero book after three decades in comics. Brian K…
- Keywords: brian k. vaughan, cliff chiang, roam, dune: part three, denis villeneuve, new york comic con, comics, superhero, paper girls, Brian, Vaughan, breaks
- Source: WIRED — https://wired.com/story/new-york-comic-con-interview
- Author: Angela Watercutter
- Published: 2026-10-14T13:30:00+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: brian k. vaughan, cliff chiang, roam, dune: part three, denis villeneuve, new york comic con, comics, superhero, paper girls
## Vaughan stays silent on Dune
Brian K. Vaughan cowrote Dune: Part Three with director Denis Villeneuve but cannot discuss it until the film releases on December eighteen.

> Sorry to be coy. I hope the day will come where I'm able to say much, much more.
## Vaughan at Comic Con for Paper Girls
Vaughan attended New York Comic Con ostensibly to discuss Paper Girls, the comic he created with Cliff Chiang that became a two thousand twenty-two Amazon Prime Video series.
## Roam announced at the panel
During the Paper Girls panel, Vaughan and Chiang announced Roam, a new superhero sci-fi comic series set to launch in February of next year.
## Why Roam happened
Roam came from Vaughan's desire to work with Chiang again. They considered a short eight-page story or one-shot but decided to do an ongoing series instead.

> Fuck it. Let's do an ongoing series.
## Vaughan's career in comics
Vaughan started working on comics in the nineteen nineties and created favorites like Saga, Y: The Last Man, and Marvel's Runaways. Two of those became TV series.
## Comics remain his heart
Vaughan has also worked on Lost and created CBS's adaptation of Stephen King's Under the Dome, but says his heart remains in comics.

> I'm only able to do work in Hollywood because I have comics.
## What Roam is about
Roam is set in the distant future where everyone gets to be a superhero, but only while they're young. Vaughan is keeping most details secret.
## Vaughan's first true superhero book
After thirty-one years in comics, Roam is Vaughan's first true superhero book. He has done Spider-Man and Batman stories and Ex Machina, a sci-fi political comic.
## Vaughan fears AI's impact
Vaughan is terrified by AI's effect on creative industries. Jobs in previsualization, storyboarding, and editing are disappearing as the technology advances rapidly.

> The future is terrifying and unknowable, and coming at us very, very quickly.
## AI as a story element
Vaughan worries someone could demand AI-generated versions of existing comics like Saga. AI is a component in Roam's story, something he needed to write about.
## Dune: Part Three is beautiful
Vaughan says Dune: Part Three is a tremendous honor to work on. His contributions are modest. Denis Villeneuve's true cowriter is Frank Herbert's novel.

> It's a fucking beautiful movie. It's my favorite of the three.
## Breaking new ground with Roam
After a decade of adapting and being adapted, Vaughan chose Roam to break new ground. He wanted to create something original rather than adapt existing work.

> It's time to break some new ground.
## Key takeaway

Brian K. Vaughan, who cowrote Dune: Part Three with Denis Villeneuve, announced a new ongoing superhero comic called Roam with artist Cliff Chiang, launching in February.