Writer and BoingBoing.net co-editor Cory Doctorow has won acclaim for his science-fiction writing as well as his Creative Commons presentation of his material. Now, IDW Publishing is proud to present six standalone graphic stories adapted from Doctorow’s short stories into comic books, each featuring cover art by some of the industry’s top talent.
Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now will be in stores June 12. It is written by Dara Naraghi, James L. Kuhoric, Dan Taylor, J.C. Vaughn, James Anthony Kuhoric and Dan Taylor, with art by Dustin Evans, Paul McCaffrey, Esteve Polls, Daniel Warner and more. Cover art contributions are by Paul Pope, Ashley Wood and Ben Templesmith – and other luminaries.
Stories collected include: The Locus Award-winning “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth”; “Anda’s Game”, a story selected for inclusion in the Michael Chabon edited 2005 Best American Short Stories; “Craphound”, a story selected for Year’s Best Science Fiction XVI; “Nimby and the D-Hoppers”, selected for Year’s Best Science Fiction 9; The Hugo-nominated and Locus Award-winning “I Robot”; and “After the Siege.”
This special hardcover edition includes a Doctorow-signed and numbered tip-in plate.
IDW approached Cory Doctorow with the idea of adapting his short stories to comics in 2007 to find out if he was interested in having his works adapted. He was, and was also actively involved in deciding what stories IDW would in include in the series.
“Cory chose the stories on the basis of the ones with the best visuals,” explains IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall. “Those that he could really see as comics. It was great fun to see these adapted so superbly by our writers and artists.”
The award-winning author wholeheartedly agrees.
“Every one of these adaptations tickled me down to my toes — they range from fantastically good to eerily get-out-of-my-head-you-mind-reading-weirdo good. What an amazing trip to have gone on with IDW!” Cory Doctorow says.