New Series in 2010

[nate_watkins]

Yes, I'm really looking forward to this!
Still, it's too bad King doesn't write these himself

Supposedly Sai King gives the final approval on the script, and storyline... but I can't say for sure.

[GNTLGNT]

Uncle Stevie does indeed have final say-but the "reins" of the story are in the hands of his one time capable assistant Robin Furth and others and they are doing a MARVEL-ous job...

[milkguy420]

i wait and get the full story-arc in hard bound. the fifth graphic novel came out last week (i was suppose to get it but it ended up on back order) and so far i've enjoyed them greatly, however peter david's wording could've used some of sK's help (robin furth oversees and directs the plot and script, peter david writes them, though robin did write a small prologue to "Fall of Gilead" that dealt with the back-story of Marten which was pretty darn cool. the writing has also revealed in a very discreet way that Marten is related to the crimson king and therefore related to Roland through a distant bloodline (or perhaps it was just through ceremony?) . i can't wait for this newest story-arc involving The Gunslinger to wrap up and get published in hard cover. Also, the graphics are amazing. Isanove is awesome at what he does.

[Brainslinger]

If Marten has any relation to Roland it's purely as an in law I'd say. I.e. The Crimson King is half demon on his mother's side. Marten is the son of a humanoid demon and a dark goddess which might be the same thing as a demon, I'm not sure. The kinds of demon are different though, i.e. one a Great One Spider demon, the other humanoid, so they might not be related at all.

Incidentally, I know of people who were really annoyed at the apparent changes in Walter's parentage compared to the books. I actually don't see a contradiction though. The book never said that his human parents were his natural parents after all, although King's coda in Song of Susannah did imply that. Stuff in the coda. That's just thoughts though. If it doesn't appear in the story, it doesn't necessarily stand. On the other hand it could be the comic stuff that is not true. The Sorcerer is told from the point of view of Marten, and we know he can be a liar.