MichaelDoran
11-11-2002, 03:26 PM
<img src="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/perdition.jpg" alt="Road tp Perdition" width="150" height="251" align="right">Yesterday’s announcement by DC that writer Max Allen Collins was working on graphic novel sequels to Road to Perdition - his 1998 graphic novel with artist Richard Piers Rayner that inspired this year’s feature film – may have come as a surprise to readers recalling he was talking to Marvel about a similar project.
In a story published during this past summer’s San Diego Comic-Con International, <a href=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1439>CBR News</a> reported that Collins was talking with Marvel about the possibility of a comic book Perdition follow-up. Which - by the way - was totally accurate at the time. He was…
Newsarama caught up with Collins Monday for the story…
“I was approached about doing a Perdition follow-up by [editor] Andrew Lis at Marvel,” Collins explained. “I didn't believe DC had any interest in doing that, though I'd never had a formal turn-down; and so I began very informal, preliminary discussions with Marvel. DC, however, did choose to exercise their option - and I'm thrilled. I'll be working with editor Andrew Helfer again (the Perdition’s editor) and several terrific artists will be involved, including my friend and original collaborator Richard Piers Rayner.”
DC has announced Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez is also slated to draw one of the graphic novels.
Collins said he’s also exploring several new comics projects with Andrew Lis at Marvel, “and I hope soon to be happily producing new comics for both publishers (after a considerable hiatus from the field, primarily writing/directing independent film...though I'm continuing on the latter course as well).”
Collins said the three graphic novels he’ll be writing (that will eventually be
collected in a companion book to the original graphic novel) are “not exactly” a sequel to Perdition, however.
“In fact, I'm about to do a pair of sequels in prose form for William Morrow,” he said, “Road To Purgatory and Road To Paradise.”
”These three graphic novels are ‘continuity implants’ - filling in a gap I purposely left in the original book, when I learned that we would not be able to do any follow-ups (the Paradox mystery line was shutting down).
“The original intention had been not to reach Perdition's inevitable conclusion until I'd done two more 300-page graphic novels; my intention always was to have the father and son on the road for a long time, in keeping with the Lone Wolf And Cub homage that was part of the mix. During the writing of the final third of the original graphic novel, I was informed by DC that there would be no additional volumes...so I wrapped the story up, leaving myself that window, just in case...
”The prose novels I mentioned will follow the son - Michael Jr. - throughout his life. The comics (for now at least) will deal with the father and son on the road, possibly with a flashback story about the father and how he got involved in organized crime.”
Collins is currently scripting the first of these follow-ups and said he and DC hope to release it next spring, or as he put it, " around Oscar time".
In a story published during this past summer’s San Diego Comic-Con International, <a href=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1439>CBR News</a> reported that Collins was talking with Marvel about the possibility of a comic book Perdition follow-up. Which - by the way - was totally accurate at the time. He was…
Newsarama caught up with Collins Monday for the story…
“I was approached about doing a Perdition follow-up by [editor] Andrew Lis at Marvel,” Collins explained. “I didn't believe DC had any interest in doing that, though I'd never had a formal turn-down; and so I began very informal, preliminary discussions with Marvel. DC, however, did choose to exercise their option - and I'm thrilled. I'll be working with editor Andrew Helfer again (the Perdition’s editor) and several terrific artists will be involved, including my friend and original collaborator Richard Piers Rayner.”
DC has announced Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez is also slated to draw one of the graphic novels.
Collins said he’s also exploring several new comics projects with Andrew Lis at Marvel, “and I hope soon to be happily producing new comics for both publishers (after a considerable hiatus from the field, primarily writing/directing independent film...though I'm continuing on the latter course as well).”
Collins said the three graphic novels he’ll be writing (that will eventually be
collected in a companion book to the original graphic novel) are “not exactly” a sequel to Perdition, however.
“In fact, I'm about to do a pair of sequels in prose form for William Morrow,” he said, “Road To Purgatory and Road To Paradise.”
”These three graphic novels are ‘continuity implants’ - filling in a gap I purposely left in the original book, when I learned that we would not be able to do any follow-ups (the Paradox mystery line was shutting down).
“The original intention had been not to reach Perdition's inevitable conclusion until I'd done two more 300-page graphic novels; my intention always was to have the father and son on the road for a long time, in keeping with the Lone Wolf And Cub homage that was part of the mix. During the writing of the final third of the original graphic novel, I was informed by DC that there would be no additional volumes...so I wrapped the story up, leaving myself that window, just in case...
”The prose novels I mentioned will follow the son - Michael Jr. - throughout his life. The comics (for now at least) will deal with the father and son on the road, possibly with a flashback story about the father and how he got involved in organized crime.”
Collins is currently scripting the first of these follow-ups and said he and DC hope to release it next spring, or as he put it, " around Oscar time".