The Old Guard

The Old Guard is a series of graphic novels created by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández and published by Image Comics. It has released over 16 issues from three series and a film adaptation from Netflix and Skydance Media with a sequel in the works. It follows a group of immortal soldiers, led by a +6,000-year-old woman named Andromache of Scythia (Andy), who have been around for potentially thousands of years and have formed a group known as The Old Guard. Background The series follows a group of soldiers who have been given the gift of immortality. Led by Andromache of Scythia, Andy, and her comrades ply their trade for those who can find and afford their services. But in the 21st century, immortality is a hard secret to keep, and when they live long enough, they'll learn that there are many fates worse than death. The Old Guard was named after the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment who lived since 1784 and inspiration for the team was made from Rucka who wanted the story to be an adventure about invincible characters, but he started to like their immortality better since he compares them to the Looney Tunes cartoons due to how many times you can hurt a character and they'll still keep going. However, immortality played a big part of the series for the characters as Rucka realized that halfway through the process of making the Old Guard, he was using the idea of that in an attempt to rationalize the necessity of death after his father's recent passing. Comic series