Comic book fans can now learn how filmmaker Orson Welles battled aliens in his off-hours in the graphic novel series Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds. The first issue is on sale later this week.
The comic book series, which has been in the planning stages for several years, is written by Milton Lawson (Thompson Heller) with art by Erik Whalen (Birds of a Feather Burn Together).
“I’m thrilled to finally see the first issue out in the world. It’s been a long journey to get here, with some unexpected twists and turns – which is fitting, because that’s exactly the kind of story we want to deliver to readers,” Lawson told Wellesnet.
“Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds is a graphic novel series with the premise that Orson Welles’s legendary War of the Worlds radio broadcast was not a prank: an alien invasion really happened. After Welles’s first interaction with aliens, he joins an organization that defends Earth from extraterrestrial threats and lives a double life as a film director by day, alien-hunter by night!,” according to Scout Comics website.
For more details and to order a copy, visit scoutcomics.com/collections/orson-welles-warrior-of-the-world
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