This December, you can see actor, producer, and certified heartthrob Oscar Isaac in the current adaptation of Dune (see the first footage here). Hopefully. but as a busy performer, that’s not the only upcoming work he has. In fact, he’s venturing outside the world of movies. No, not TV. Well, not just TV. We can also expect an Oscar Isaac graphic novel next year. It is not, though, just drawings of Oscar Isaac.
The Oscar Isaac graphic novel will Be Head Wounds: Sparrow
image by means of Legendary Comics
Despite Isaac’s star Wars past or his into the Spiderverse past or his sensational turn as Detective Fartman in the blockbuster classic we all know and love, Lenny the wonder Dog, this isn’t a superhero story. Not really. According to Legendary Comics, the publisher, Head Wounds: Sparrow is a lot more of a supernatural verging on spiritual story. In fact, it sounds like shades of Constantine, I say confidently, having never seen the motion picture or read the comic. but you decide. Legendary’s own description says:
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Leo Guidry is a bad person and an even worse cop. When he suffers a psychic head wound, his life on the edge slips into spiritual warfare. In a landscape of angels, devils, and everything in between, can a person utterly devoid of empathy find a way to get rid of the forces of darkness that have infiltrated his reality?
Isaac will Not actually Be writing The Story, Though
The graphic novel is purportedly a collaboration between Oscar Isaac and his childhood pals Bob Johnson and John Alvey. However, Isaac isn’t the author or the artist. Instead, Legendary lists Isaac’s involvement as “developing” the story. If he’s merely attaching his name to the project so his pals can get a lot more juice, though, then good for them.
While Alvey came up with the story, Johnson created the concept, drawing inspiration from a dream he had after he was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In a statement, Isaac said, “Bob Johnson has a mind and a soul like no one else. Our friendship and creative collaboration has spanned nearly three decades. I couldn’t be a lot more ecstatic to bring his special and singular vision of Head Wounds: Sparrow to life with the extraordinary group of artists we’ve assembled.”
And speaking of those artists, Brian Buccellato (Injustice: Gods among Us) is writing the novel. Christian Ward (Marvel’s Black Bolt) will be the artist for the book. Legendary says we can expect it early next year.
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