Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner
Okay, so this post isn't about any Warren Zevon characters, but another famous Roland. Roland Deschain to be exact.
If you're any fan of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, then you may be excited to know(I certainly am) that there is a comic book adaptation coming in April of 2006.
This series will be written by King, and have the artwork of Jae Lee. Jae's art style is spot on for this subject material, and should make for some very good visual storytelling. If you'd like to see a sampling of Jae's comic book work, then spin over this-a-way.
The very best news here is that this isn't going to be a re-telling of the seven novels, but rather the backstory of Roland. This series is for those of us that think Wizard & Glass is the best novel, and can't get enough of Roland's tales.
This could be something special, but you don't have to take my work for it click here for the story at AICN with an additional link to the official Marvel site and art.
Ka is a wheel, and this is burning rubber down the Route 66 of cool for me...
posted by myrddin @ 12:10 AM
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I have read that story, and I loved it. I picked up that King collection on the basis of that story alone, and ended up liking the whole thing.
I really hope that this comic adaptation maintains the level of quality that the early images have.
Comic books have a tendency to bait-and-switch you with artists, but I hope that they lock Jae in, and that Steven King stays involved too. I know that he's not going to actually script out full issues, but as long as he keeps a hand in it, there's a chance for something really special there...
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