Zombie Love Studios in partnership with Snoopadelic Films have announced the upcoming release of Tales From The Crip, a horror anthology graphic novel from legendary rapper Snoop Dogg and Eisner Award nominated creator and award-winning television writer-producer Rodney Barnes (The Boondocks).

Tales From the Crip is described as a horror anthology in the tradition of the classic EC Comics of old and featuring urban themed horror stories penned by Barnes and introduced by Snoop Dogg.

The graphic novel joins a growing line-up of upcoming titles from Barnes’ Zombie Love Studios which includes Blacula, a graphic novel adaptation of MGM’s classic 1970s film; Crownsville, a ghost story set in the first black insane asylum in America; and Florence and Normandie, a science fiction epic set in South Los Angeles from Barnes and rapper Xzibit.

Tales From the Crip is set for release in Fall 2022.

The TV writer, known for ‘Runaways’ ‘Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, and Wu-Tang: An American Saga, is teaming with his ‘Killadelphia’ artist Jason Shawn Alexander for a Blacula graphic novel.

Blacula is rising again. The cult classic horror character is returning in a new graphic novel from Rodney Barnes and artist Jason Shawn Alexander. The Blacula graphic novel has long been a passion project for Barnes, a veteran TV writer and producer whose credits include the Marvel/Hulu series Runaways and Starz’s American Gods.

Barnes grew up on the Universal monster movies, and his notion of what horror could be changed when he saw Blacula at age eight.

“I’d never seen anything with people of color prominently positioned in the piece,” Barnes told The Hollywood Reporter from the set of the upcoming HBO Lakers drama he is executive producing. “I was blown away. It was a lot more authentic than anything else I’d seen up until that point. It sort of lit a small flame in my imagination.”

Now Barnes is gearing up to publish the first of three planned graphic novels later in 2022. The first will pit Blacula against Dracula, and just like the films, there will be the opportunity to use horror to examine society.

“Blacula and Dracula have lived for hundreds of years. They’ve seen it all. So the

y have a different perspective, being able to hear the past, speak to the present,” said Barnes. “You really don’t have that with any other monsters because other monsters are just monsters, but vampires are manipulative. They also have good memories. They know who they were.”

MGM currently has a Blacula film in the works, while Barnes would be interested in pursuing something in television.  Says the writer: “I’d love to be able to explore him beyond where we are now.”

Reposted from The Hollywood Reporter 

Get your beskar armor on and prepare to relive a memorable Star Wars adventure.

Starting this June, Marvel’s The Mandalorian will be an eight-issue, episode-by-episode adaptation of the Disney+ series’ first season, StarWars.com is thrilled to reveal. The series will be written by Rodney Barnes and illustrated by Georges Jeanty, with several variant covers available for each installment. For fans of The Mandalorian and Star Wars comic-book adaptations, it’s a chance to experience the events and characters of Season 1 in a whole new way. You can check out the main cover for issue #1 by Adi Granov, a stunning image of Mando ready for battle, below.

“The story of the Mandalorian checks so many boxes of the stuff I’m passionate

about,” Barnes tells StarWars.com. “I love Westerns, fantasy, science fiction, comedy, drama…it’s a dream gig for any writer. I’m just glad I was chosen for this assignment!”

“I’ve always thought an artist’s style is a lot like writing in short hand. It’s very subjective. What I bring to Star Wars is my detail and love for a galaxy far, far away,” adds Jeanty. “Star Wars, especially where bounty hunters are concerned, is a messy landscape. I love drawing all the little details. My look has always be detail oriented, and with The Mandalorian there is so much going on with the character and  in the background, and I look forward to adding visually to the already rich tapestry that makes up this universe!”

Stay tuned to StarWars.com for more on Marvel’s Star Wars comics, including exclusive previews and much more.

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The Comic will be available to the public on July 6th.

Reposted from starwars.com