Not a whole lot of info on it just yet, but Oni Press has announced their re-entrance into the licensed comics realm with “My Name Is Earl.” I don’t think they’ve done anything like this since Kevin Smith up and left with his Clerks franchise. No artists have been announced - they’re saving that for the Oni panel at SDCC - but the writer is a guy that works on the show, so I’m hopeful it’ll be a fun book.

This winter, Oni Press returns to licensed comics with a new series based on the smash NBC hit comedy MY NAME IS EARL! For those people who have been living under a rock for the last year, MY NAME IS EARL is the story of Earl Hickey (played by Jason Lee), a former petty criminal who wins the lottery and sets out to right the wrongs he’s committed in his life. With help from his friends and family, Earl works his way through the list he’s compiled of all his misdeeds, making amends and generating a ton of laughs along the way. Helping Earl along on his comedic quest for karmic redemption in the comics is EARL staffer Hunter Covington.

“When we first started talking to Fox about doing EARL comics, Hunter is oneof the first names that came up,� Oni Publisher Joe Nozemack explained. “Hunter is the script coordinator for the show, a big comics fan, and the writer of one of my favorite EARL episodes, ‘The Bountyhunter.’ With a resume like that, I knew we had to get him involved in our new adventures of Earl and the gang.�

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