Hitting shelves this Wednesday (June 22nd) is Stephen King’s new comic book biography “Orbit: Stephen King.” The 32-page special edition comes from Bluewater Productions, who prices the bad boy at a mere $3.99.
Let’s break this sucker down…
“Orbit: Stephen King,” follows King’s career from a struggling writer to prolific best-selling author. It includes insight on his legacy as a writer, his love of the Boston Red Sox, forays into film, drug and alcohol issues, and the accident that nearly cost him his life.
A damn cool idea, wouldn’t you say? King’s authorial voice is always a strong attraction, but how much of his actual life is woven into his tales of the macabre? The chance to read about his actual upbringing, tales of the sordid, life and death occurrences, etc. has got to be just as entertaining as the fiction he writes. Doesn’t it?
About “Orbit,” check out this interesting quote from co-author Brian McCarthy:
“What really enlightened us were the similarities we found between Stephen King and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Both came from dirt-poor families. Both had talents that were shepherded by strong, supportive mothers. Both had absent fathers. Each practiced doggedly every day — their talents weren’t hobbies, but their salvation. It brought them fame and fortune, it sustained them during their darkest hours of drug addiction and it, literally, gave them both a road to recovery when their lives were nearly cut short in tragic accidents.”
I guess I can see the similarities, but did King ever snort his pops? Yeah, didn’t think so…
Pre-order “Orbit: Stephen King” RIGHT HERE.