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Netflix orders “Raising Dion”, based on director Dennis Liu’s young superhero comics project

By John Freeman on October 6, 2017

Netflix has ordered a ten-episode season of Raising Dion, a new SF drama series based on a comic book of the same name by award-winning director Dennis Liu, illustrated by Jason Piperberg.

In the comic, Nicole, a young, African American single mother discovers that her young son has magical abilities. Life was hard enough keeping up with the bills – let alone trying to keep track of her seven-year-old son’s invisibility, plasma powers and telekinesis.

In order to study his progress, Nicole films her son 24/7, with the help of her friend, Pat, who is an aspiring filmmaker. But when Nicole starts to notice mysterious men tailing her, and with Dion’s developing abilities constantly changing and becoming more powerful and possibly evil, she must find the courage deep within herself that she can raise Dion on her own.

Raising Dion was also made into a short film. Here’s the trailer:

Carol Barbee, executive producer on Lifetime’s UnReal, will serve as executive producer and showrunner and actor Michael B. Jordan will also serve as an executive producer, and will appear in the series as the titular character’s deceased father.

• You can download the first issue of the comic for free on Dennis Liu’s web site (www.dennis-liu.com) or buy a physical copy to support the creation of the next issue

• Find the Raising Dion project on Facebook

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.