Emma
09-08-2006, 12:34 AM
<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/forums/images/avatars/heroes/25.jpg" width="85" height="85" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" border="0" alt="Heroes, NBC"> When the NBC television show "Heroes" makes its debut on September 25th, viewers will see a new take on the super hero genre, one which firmly plants an ensemble cast of characters with some sort of extra normal ability in the real world, albeit without the capes and spandex. The inclusion of Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb as part of the series certainly helps bring it closer to the comics industry, but "Heroes" itself is an entirely new creation from creator Tim Kring ("Crossing Jordan"). The show contains all new characters not based on any existing published characters, but that doesn't mean comics won't play a role.
CBR News has learned that "Heroes" will include a comic component. Running concurrently with the show will be 22 online comics running each week the show airs, which will help to fill out the larger storyline and mythology behind the series. The first comic includes art from Michael Turner and Koi Turnbull, with Tim Sale and Jim Lee set to be part of the fun. The comics will be written internally by members of the writing staff like Aron Coleite ("The Covenant"), Jeph Loeb and Bryan Fuller ("Dead Like Me," "Wonderfalls"). We spoke with series creator Tim Kring who provided a few more details about the online comics.
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CBR News has learned that "Heroes" will include a comic component. Running concurrently with the show will be 22 online comics running each week the show airs, which will help to fill out the larger storyline and mythology behind the series. The first comic includes art from Michael Turner and Koi Turnbull, with Tim Sale and Jim Lee set to be part of the fun. The comics will be written internally by members of the writing staff like Aron Coleite ("The Covenant"), Jeph Loeb and Bryan Fuller ("Dead Like Me," "Wonderfalls"). We spoke with series creator Tim Kring who provided a few more details about the online comics.
<a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8301" target="_blank">Click here for more!</a>