The anxiously awaited news about Jericho finally came out today, and it’s pretty much what I expected: A new comic book series based on the show.

Believe it or not, I couldn’t actually find the news on the CBS website, but thanks to my Jericho buddies on Facebook and The Futon Critic, I was able to get the info.

Basically, Devil’s Due Publishing will publish a new comic book series that “will pick up where the television program left off.”

That, of course, would be at the start of the Second American Civil War, with Jake & Hawkins convincing Texas to join the right side.

The really amazing thing is that Dan Shotz, Jon Turteltaub, Carol Barbee, Karim Zreik and Jon Steinberg will all be involved in the development of the comic book. How awesome is that?

Said Shotz:

Jericho is alive and well, thanks to the amazing fans who’ve driven us to find new and fresh ways to tell the Jericho story.

And then DDP President Josh Blaylock:

I can’t tell you how cool it is for DDP to be able to continue the Jericho story in comic book form. We plan to give fans the story they’ve been craving. This is going to be epic stuff.

Sounds pretty great to me.