An interesting trend has developed in the last five or so years, where the comic book a.k.a graphic novel, has become the last bastion for Hollywood originality-a place which has been bereft of a good idea for decades. Case in point, I just so happened to take a look at the latest issue of of the comic book catalog, Previews, and low and behold, I came across a fascinating new comic (from Boom Studios) scheduled for a March 07' release, entitled Hunter's Moon. Moon, which was written by Ray screenwriter, James L. White, appears to incorporate elements of Deliverance, Ransom and Lost except it has an African-American protagonist. Here is the novel's premise acccording to Previews:
The story is of a man who finds out that his black heritage may work against him in a small mostly white logging community. There doesn’t seem to be any outpouring of volunteers who want to help him get his son back from kidnappers who communicate only through cell phone. Lincoln "Linc" Greer is about to learn new meaning from the expression, “You ain’t from around here, are ya?”
This five part series appears to be the comic to watch out for the first quarter of the new year. Could a movie be far behind? For more info check the links below:
Ray Celebrity Comes To Comics
Hunter's Moon#1
Next entry...Sam Jackson's highly anticipated anime effort, Afro Samurai, sure to be a cool discussion.
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