Future
In April 2009, Ba confirmed on his blog that Casanova will continue in the future, writing "I can speak for Matt, Fábio and myself when I say we are doing all we can to bring Casanova back the best way it deserves to come back. And I can tell you this: It WILL come back."
In August 2009, Fraction appeared on the "War Rocket Ajax" podcast and went into detail regarding the return of Casanova. He said that issues #1-14 will be reprinted in color, possibly combining two original issues of the Image Comics-released 16 page "Slimline" format into one, resulting in seven full-color reprinted issues. Fraction compared the new full-color format to be similar to the color scheme of Steven Soderbergh's film "Traffic" where each of the film's storylines were filmed in a separate hue of gold, green, and blue. Fraction said that while the book will have a wider full-color palette, it will retain the use of green and blue as the dominant color similar to the original Image series.
The reasoning behind this is that while Casanova was originally produced with single spot colors of green and blue, the creators were paying for the more expensive full-color printing to achieve the effect. Also, Fraction said that comic book stores regarded the book as a black and white book (generally thought of as unpopular to mainstream comic book readers) and placed very low orders. Fraction said that he and co-creators Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba are enjoying wider success due to Fraction's work for Marvel Comics (Invincible Iron Man and Uncanny X-Men) and Moon and Ba's work on Dark Horse Comics' "Umbrella Academy" and DC/Vertigo Comics' "Daytripper". Combining their higher profiles with a full-color/longer format, the hope is that the book will have a broader appeal and wider support from both fans and retailers.
After the re-release of the colored #1-14, Volume Three will begin. Fraction said they hope to have most, if not all, of Volume Three completed by the time it begins publication.
Fraction also said that the trade paperback of Volume One: Luxuria will go back to print and a trade paperback collection of Volume Two: Gula will be released to support the revamped book.
In January 2010, Comic Book Resources' blog, Robot 6, made an announcement regarding Fraction, Ba, and Moon working on the long-awaited third volume of the series.
In February 2010, the online version of Comic-Con Magazine featured a conversation between Matt Fraction and Brian Michael Bendis. It was revealed that the new "Casanova" would be debuting at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. It will be moving from Image Comics to Marvel Comics' creator-owned Icon imprint, home of Bendis' own "Powers" series which was also originally published by Image Comics.
Three years, four months, three weeks, and one day after the last issue of Volume Two, this whole "future" section became the past as Casanova Volume Three: Avaritia issue #1 hit the shelves on 7 September 2011. Marvel Comics are publishing it under the Icon imprint.
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