May 31, 2008 on 3:35 pm | In Wizard World Philly | No Comments
Yep, that’s the news of of this afternoon’s Cup O’ Joe panel! We’ll have an interview up on the site tomorrow that Andy Serwin did with Marvel editor Ralph Macchio, here’s a taste…
The end of the world hits the Marvel Universe this fall, but don’t expect the usual array of costumed characters to be involved—Stephen King’s hosting this particular apocalypse.
Marvel Comics announced Saturday that its publishing partnership would continue with a a serialized adaptation of his best-selling novel, The Stand, which follows a group of disparate survivors as they battle a supernatural menace in the wake of a super-plague that wipes out 99 percent of the world’s population.
Marvel has tapped creators Roberto Aquire-Sacasa (Marvel Knights 4, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four) and Mike Perkins (Union Jack, Captain America) to adapt the massive unabridged version of the novel in a series of six five-issue miniseries, the first of which is scheduled to launch in September. We caught up with series Executive Editor Ralph Macchio to get his take on how this project came together, the challenges of adapting such a well-known, well-loved novel and what other King novels he’d like to see Marvel tackle!
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