Daisies creator Bryan Fuller and Marvel Comics have some very interesting plans. With Daisies' final three episodes set to air this Sunday at LA's Arclight Theatre, Fuller revealed to Sci Fi Wire that
We are talking with Marvel Comics right now about a Pushing Daisies
series that will essentially cover the back nine episodes. It features
Chuck and Ned's fathers as well as fortifying Chuck and Ned's
relationships after we shake it up.
Naturally, the Sci-Fi guys immediately had all kinds of followups:
For the comic book, have you nailed down a creative team?
Fuller: I am going to pull together the Pushing Daisies
writing staff. It will be run like a writer's room, where I will write
the first story, and we will arc out the other issues, which will
comprise what we were going to do in the back nine. We'll also make it
accessible for those who are not familiar with the TV series, as well
as introducing villains we couldn't do on ABC. There is a villain from
the Comic-Con preview comic about a guy who got his head cut off. Ned
touched it to get some answers; the body came alive too and proceeded
to grab his head and get away. We definitely want Head to come back as
a big villain.
Do you have any artists lined up?
Fuller: I love Tim Sale. He's such a nice guy, and I have a
really good relationship with him, so I'm hoping he'll be able to work
with us. His art is so specific and has an interesting point of view,
specifically with The Long Halloween. That was such a perfect melding of comic-book writer and artist, so I'd love to do something like that.
Is the comic book considered season 2.5, then?
Fuller: In many respects, it's probably season three. We're
going to see a lot of exploration with Ned and his father, which we
teased but were never able to make good on. We had George Hamilton save
Ned and Chuck, and by having Emerson and Dwight Dixon clean up the
whole mess we're going to understand who Dwight was to Chuck and Ned's
dad. Dwight will be making a return, and we'll be seeing the adult
Eugene Mulchandani and Danny that involves helium smuggling. There's a
lot of fun stuff woven into the series that we were intending to pay
off that we can now do in the comic-book series. The fans of the show
will see a lot of stuff come to fruition, but new fans will have a
greater appreciation, too. Since it's Marvel, I would also love for the
Pie Maker to touch Captain America.
When can people expect to see that out on the stands?
Fuller: We are currently negotiating with Warner Brothers to
get the comic-book rights, and if they clear it in the next month or so
we would hit the ground running immediately to get the issues out. Our
first issue could premiere in the fall.
Sweet.
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