Bill Willingham, a longtime Dungeons & Dragons and comic book vet, is returning to those sword-and-sorcery roots with Lark's Killer, the story off a teenage runaway who mysteriously winds up in a violent, medieval world.
It started with a teddy bear from his wife, wound through some lunch meetings, and ended up at a multi-million dollar publisher. Mike Richardson has seen a LOT since founding Dark Horse Comics 30 years ago and you can read all about it at icv2 here.