Thursday 3 September 2009

Ian Rankin enters the dark side


Scottish crime megaseller, creator of John Rebus, Ian Rankin will both surprise and delight his fans with his latest project. Rankin has penned a John Constantine script for Vertigo comics new imprint, Vertigo Crime.

Vertigo Crime will release hard cover graphic novels in a black and white format written by some of the biggest names in both comics and crime writing.

Rankin, a long time comics fan, has recast John Constantine as a kind of London based Phillip Marlowe but the story contains all the demonic mayhem that fans of Constantine have come to expect. The author himself describes it as a satire of the media culture - the story is set on a reality TV show that Constantine has become involved in. Once scene even features a demon getting a blow job while watching TV - 'I wasn't sure Vertigo would let me keep that in the story." Rankin told Judge Dredd Magazine.

"Getting Ian Rankin and John Contantine together for the launch was a deliberate decision.' Executive editor Karan Berger said. "The book will say 'a John Constantine mystery' on the cover and have the Ian Rankin name in a large font. We're trying to reach out to people who don't usually read comics with the line."



Rebus doesn’t appear in Dark Entries. Ian Rankin has tackled a similarly cynical,wisecracking character here, one familiar to fans of the comic - The chain-smoking detective who dabbles in the occult, John Constantine. The plot involves Constantine hired by the producers of a hit reality show called Haunted Mansions because the set appears to be, well, haunted.

Newsrama has an interview with Executive editor, Karan Berger HERE

4 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

I just ordered a few graphic novels. I'm starting to get more interested in the genre these days.

Paul D Brazill said...

That sounds great!

Scott D. Parker said...

I picked up the Brian Azzerello title, Filthy Rich. After I finish it, I'll move on to Rankin's book. Jason Starr has also done one.

Gary Dobbs/Jack Martin said...

I've not read any of them yet but I am hoping to pick up a couple myself tomorrow.

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