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Rush Reveal Comic Book Series Details

12/26/2013
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(Gibson) Canadian rockers Rush have announced that they are getting ready to release a six part comic book series through Boom! Studios starting in March. Clockwork Angels is based on Rush drummer Neil Peart's lyrics for the band's 2012 album of the same name. "It's just a beautifully painted world in the music that I tried to capture in the novel and now tried to turn into a different direction," said author Kevin J. Anderson about writing the comic book in an interview with USA Today.

Apparently the idea of a comic book was something Peart and Anderson had been kicking around for quite some time: "Kevin and I had talked for years about combining a novel and an album in some fashion, but I guess the idea had to grow up as Kevin and I did - gaining maturity and confidence in our own separate crafts, while gaining the life experience necessary to give the story its scale and depth," said Peart.

According to Anderson the comic book will contain "Easter eggs" with references to various Rush albums in its illustrations: "We think Rush fans are attentive and intelligent," said Anderson. "It just gives them the extra thrill of seeing that this isn't just a straightforward story. There's a lot of interconnected things, too." more on this story

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