This time, hes armed with news he is bringing his horror comic book seriesThe Lycanto Comixology Originals.
That drama premieres today on Prime Video.
As far as storytelling goes, comic books were my first love, he tells Deadline.
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They were the first thing that I discovered that could transport me to another universe.
It was like walking back in time in our house.
And more likely than not, there would be a box full of old comics there.
Digging through these things, I would find these amazing books, he said.
One of the things that really knocked me out was the underground Comics.
This was the seventies and the eighties and underground was a thing.
Blew my mind and opened up the possibilities of what you could do with a blank page.
So I had a huge collection of old comics.
My parents house actually ended up burning down and I lost all the old, he said.
I had every Mad Magazine ever, quite a collection of good stuff, but all thats gone.
But Id moved out to California by then and had my own second collection going.
And so I got to meet these guys.
I got to hang out with Bruce Jones.
And so that inevitably led to putting out a couple of books of my own.
So I started Raw Studios and put out three or four titles.
And the one that I had that I never got to do was this book called The Lycan.
The delay was triggered by a tragedy.
And theres a castle, its a gothic, gothic werewolf story.
Hired a great writer, Mike Carey, and then we hired this amazing artist named Sean OConnor.
I was very particular.
I really wanted great art in a specific style, the kind of Franklin Booth kind of style.
And then Sean just disappeared off the face of the earth, Janes said.
He completed one issue of six, and he disappeared off the face of the earth one day.
Courtney said, Hey, we should do a book.
And I said, well, Ive got a book.
And we ended up at Comixology, and now were really excited.
So yeah, this particular one will make a great little movie or a streamer.
But that was never the impetus for the comic.
I think I love the medium, and these comics have to exist on their own two legs.
Most take three years, The Lycan took 10.
This medium is my first love.
The Lycan will be published in early 2025, Jane said.
