The Village Voice has a lengthy article up on Percy Carey, A.K.A. rapper MF Grimm, whose life story will be adapted into a Vertigo graphic novel called Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm next year:
It was his interest in superheroes like Superman and Green Lantern, in fact, that helped convince DC Comics to publish his life story as a graphic novel. Next fall will see the worldwide debut of Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm. Written by Carey and illustrated by Brooklyn artist Ronald Wimberly, the book will be released on DC’s Vertigo imprint, known for titles like V for Vendetta and the Sandman series.
“There’s a lot in common with comics and music, in particular the underground aspect of it,” says Vertigo executive editor Karen Berger. “Certain songwriters, certain hip-hop artists, they’re storytellers. That’s the beauty of it. Percy has so easily moved from writing songs to writing a graphic novel. He’s a great storyteller, and he’s now found another medium to tell his stories.”
Carey and Berger are also in talks to develop a comic series called Candy Land, set in an urban ghetto controlled by gangs of sugar-filled personalities. “There’s a crew called the Donuts, led by Choco, a chocolate donut,” Carey explains. “Chewy P. Newton, he’s the political one, and tells kids they shouldn’t be out there using bleached flour and refined sugar.”
Carey has quite the résumé; the wheelchair-bound South Bronx native is a former outside linebacker, middleweight boxer, actor (he appeared on Sesame Street as a kid) and convicted drug dealer. In addition to writing comics, he’s working on a new 60-track album and runs a “a multifaceted company hocking everything from horror movies to energy drinks.”
Update: A reader dropped us a note to let us know we had a picture of MF Doom, not MF Grimm, up on the site. Thanks! We’ve made the change.
November 8th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
That pic you have up is actually of MF Doom. Doom and Grimm are/were (not sure) friends. For the uninitiated, I suggest checking out the albums Danger Doom (MF Doom and Danger Mouse) and Madvillain (MF Doom and Mad Lib).
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