Book publisher Del Rey announced today that Queenie Chan will script and illustrate a manga based on Dean Koontz’s character Odd Thomas, a fry cook who can talk to the dead. From the release:
Koontz’s characters—including Odd, his girlfriend Stormy Llewellyn, Pico Mundo Chief of Police Porter, the ghost of Elvis Presley, and many more—will be drawn by one of the top original-English-language manga artists working today, Queenie Chan. Chan, author of the popular mystery-horror series The Dreaming, will script the story as well. Publication is planned for Summer 2008.
The graphic novel will follow Odd’s race to solve the murder of a young boy whose killer appears to be stalking a second child. It is set in the time before Odd Thomas and takes place in Pico Mundo. The book will be edited by Del Rey editor-in-chief Betsy Mitchell.
Says Dean Koontz: “I’m delighted that Odd Thomas will come to life in manga, that the enormously talented Queenie Chan’s beautiful art will define his world and the desert town of Pico Mundo, and that the project is being guided by such capable hands as those at Del Rey.”
Queenie Chan comments: “It’s an honor to work with Dean on this project, and I’m glad he’s chosen me for this new story of Odd Thomas. I read his novels when I was in high school, and never did I imagine that I would have the chance to work with such a well-known and established author today.”
Via MangaBlog.
May 17th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
manga looks
May 17th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Wow! That’s really cool. I have really only started reading manga over the past couple of years.
I seem to gravitate towards the horror/mystery type manga that are out there. I am also a huge fan of Koontz, and of “Odd Thomas”, in particular…great book(s).
This is a definate “must buy” for me. Thanks for the heads up.
May 17th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Wow, Odd is really taking off. I dont think they’re his best books, or character for that matter, but hey, it works for others.
May 17th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Actually the first Odd Thomas book read just like Dean’s previous book called Fear Nothing. All he did was swap names, settings, and his signature physical deformities.