| Twenty five years after
being published as a hardcover, the thrilling world of Stephen
King and Peter Straub’s THE TALISMAN is coming to vivid life as
a new comic book series from Del Rey Comics, available in comic
shops everywhere on October 21, 2009. |
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| THE TALISMAN
novel, originally published in 1984, is the story of a teen boy
named Jack Sawyer, who can save his dying mother only by
retrieving a magical talisman. To find it he must cross back and
forth between our world and the frightening and dangerous
landscape of its “twinner” counterpart. The adaptation begins
with THE TALISMAN: THE ROAD OF
TRIALS Issue 0, which is the first
issue of the first miniseries arc. The comic is an entirely new
reading experience for fans of the novel, and also has new,
exclusive material. Issue 0 is a never-before-told prequel to
the story that follows the dual lives of Jack’s father—one that
he lives with his family in the world as we know it, and the
other in a mystifying land known as the Territories. The launch of THE TALISMAN also marks the launch of DEL REY COMICS, the first comic book imprint to come out of the Random House Publishing Group, a trade book publisher. Del Rey Books earned its reputation by publishing award-winning science fiction and fantasy titles for more than thirty years. The imprint is no stranger to graphic novels, having published manga under its Del Rey Manga imprint, and graphic novels from New York Times bestselling novelists Dean Koontz, Jim Butcher, and Patricia Briggs. Diamond Comics Distributors, the largest comic book distributor in North America, praised THE TALISMAN: ROAD OF TRIALS Issue 0 in their August Previews catalog, making it a featured item and staff pick. Lucky fans received copies of an exclusive black and white edition of Issue 0 at this year’s Comic-Con International at San Diego. |
