ICv2 is reporting that Sea Lion Books has purchased the worldwide rights to Anne Rice’s novel Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. Anne Rice will write the adaptation with Anne Elizabeth and art will be by Siya Oum. Sea Lion is planning for a Spring 2012 release of the adaptation before Easter.
Sea Lion gets Jack
Librarians looking for young adult books that are being adapted into graphic novels get another entry into the medium. ICv2’s site reports that Sea Lion has acquired the license of F. Paul Wilson’s Jack young adult series which leads into his adult Repairman Jack series. The first adaptation in the works is Jack: Secret Histories. No exact release date as of yet, but keep your eyes open later this year. Link over to read the brief article.