Can’t say as I saw this one coming, but hey – more power to ‘em! IDW continues to impress with their ability to make these deals. While their adaptation of The Shield didn’t quite do it for me, it’s always nice to see a company trying different approaches in the marketplace. I’m especially impressed with their tying into Free Comic Book Day to promote this – definite crossover market appeal. Now, if I could just get on their comp list, I’d be all kinds of happy…
IDW Publishing Releases a One-Shot Based on Hit TV Series 24
San Diego, CA, March 19, 2004. Fox TV?s award winning, hit series 24 is noted for its innovative use of time and its fast-paced, exciting stories. Now IDW Publishing will break new ground by releasing a 24 comic book one-shot mirroring the show?s dynamic use of the time element.
Two pages of printed story will equal one hour of time elapsed in this 48-page one shot. Handling the clock and the story will be J.C. Vaughn and Mark L. Haynes of Battlestar Galactica fame. Art will by by noted CSI: Miami artist, Renato Guedes.
The story is called 24: One Shot. In it, CTU agent Jack Bauer has to protect a beautiful and deadly terrorist for twenty-four hours, but after an attack by her former friends, he has only one bullet left in his gun.
?We at IDW are big fans of the series 24,? Editor-in-Chief Jeff Mariotte said. ?We had some difficulty at first trying to figure out how the ticking clock element, so crucial to the show, would work on the printed page. But J.C. Vaughn and Mark Haynes had some ideas, and they convinced us that it could work. We teamed them up with Renato Guedes, who does some of the best actor likenesses ever, and we think the book will be every bit as entertaining as the TV series.?
24: One Shot will be a 48-page, full color, squarebound graphic novella, on sale in July, with a retail price of $6.99. Promotion will include an excerpt in a Free Comic Book Day release, and major national publicity.
