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Margaret Atwood, an award-winning author, has signed a three-book deal with Dark Horse Comics. She plans to write the story for her first graphic novel which will star a character named Angel Catbird.
The publisher plans to release the first volume in Fall 2016. Johnnie Christmas, an artist, has been brought on to create the illustrations for this project.
Atwood had this statement in the press release: “I have concocted a superhero who is part cat, part bird. Due to some spilled genetic Super-Splicer, our hero got tangled up with both a cat and an owl; hence his fur and feathers, and his identity problems.”
Canadian literary treasure Margaret Atwood has been toying with comics for a while, showing up at conventions and expressing her interest in the form. And now she's taken the plunge! With a band new graphic novel, Angel Catbird, which will be illustrated bu Johnnie Christmas (Sheltered). The book is the first in a trio of all-ages (!) graphic novel that tell the story of "an unusual superhero. The first book comes out in fall of 2016, published in conjunction with Keep Cats Safe and Save Bird Lives, a charity led by conservation group Nature Canada.