The Blacklist comic announce the successful television series – Hypertext

In the event ComicsPRO Portland announced the creation of comic The Blacklist, the series created by Jon Bokenkamp and starring James Spader.

For those who do not know, The Blacklist is the successful television series created by Jon Bokenkamp for NBC starring two-time Golden Globe nominee James Spader . The Blacklist tells the story of Raymond “Red” Reddington, a dangerous and smart criminal who decides one day to another surrender and cooperate with the FBI by providing details of what he calls “blacklisted” Enemies of government agencies or suspect their existence. His only condition is that only one such talk Elizabeth Keen (an official rookie).

The series has been well received by the public and the press (74 to Metacritic ), so no strikes me that arise initiatives to further explore the universe created by Bokenkamp. But what is interesting is that The course of adaptation is inverse to that usually seen in the entertainment industry (from television to the squares, where usually are comics that jump to the small screen or large).

Why does this happen? Making TV is very expensive, do not comics (not talking here of difficulty in the “artistic” bill, I simply mention issues of cachet ). Any alien invasion in glaciers in southern Argentina? A writer, illustrator, inker and colorist can do wonders in a short time and little money. Casting , 3D models, chroma , VFXs … costs for the audiovisual world are much greater .

I I wonder what

will happen to the comic The Blacklist ? Readers of The Walking Dead who follow the show know the tension that permeates many of the scenes in recent seasons (no spoilers, there are characters that should have already gone better life and resist: because, Robert Kirkman playing with our minds and occasionally shoots a nod to readers of the comic). Will it make the same Bokenkamp with its narrative universe? Will you participate in adaptation? Will there be small differences in history?

To all this we have to wait for now know that the book will be edited by Titan Comics .

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