Fans of Craig Ferguson got an intersting surprise Tuesday night, when award-winning author Salman Rushdie alluded that he would be taking his talents toward sequential art.
Here’s a highlight, from ICv2:
Ferguson asked, “Do you ever think, “Oh, I’d quite like to write a book with just pictures and stuff?”
Rushdie answered, “Yeah, and actually I got asked recently if I’d like to write a graphic novel. I was kind of keen on it. When I was a kid I was a real comic book nut. I could tell you a lot about superheroes.”
Considering big-name writers like Stephen King and Orson Scott Card have been getting a piece of the comic book pie with Marvel and DC, this isn’t a huge stretch. And with Rushdie’s most famous work — Midnight’s Children — being almost a mix of Heroes and the Umbrella Academy in terms of it’s premise, this could be a big deal indeed.
And speaking of Ferguson and super-heroes, he just did an Aquaman bit with Tim Gunn. Seriously.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Midnight’s Children is his most famous work? I’ve never heard of it. I’d've thought it’d be Satanic Verses. You know, what with people wanting to kill him over it and all…
Cheers,
B
October 29th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Agreed… I’ve never read Rushdie, but the one book of his I know about is The Satanic Verses. This Midnight’s Children book sounds interesting, however, although I sure hope it’s better than Heroes is.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Not to sound obnoxious but there among people who read Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children is far and away his most acclaimed and best known book. The novel won the Booker prize in England and years later was named the best book to ever win the Booker Prize. It’s huge.
Also people may have heard of the title “The Satanic Verses” but almost no one read the book. (That includes the people who banned it and condemned it)
Too bad, it’s good
And yes, for the record, Midnight’s Children is better than the television series Heroes.