Masked Magician Graphic Novel
Virgin Comics and Nash Entertainment Collaborate on Comics, Film and Video Games
Masked Magician
December 6th, 2007 - Virgin Comics' first graphic novel inspired by Nash Entertainment's MASKED MAGICIAN hits the streets this week, it was announced today by Virgin Comics Chief Marketing Officer Larry Lieberman and Nash Entertainment CEO Bruce Nash. Based on the hugely successful Nash series of Fox and MyNetworkTV specials "Breaking the Magician's Code," the MASKED MAGICIAN graphic novel is available online at VirginComicStores.com and at $4.99 at comic shops everywhere.
THE MASKED MAGICIAN is written by Mike Maddox, edited by Charlie Beckerman and illustrated by Pradeep Ingale.
The graphic novel begins 10,000 years ago, as an object of great power fell to earth - a simple statue. A special society was created to protect mankind from the statue's power while society members became the storytellers of the world, evolving into what we know today as magicians.
The story jumps to the present day, where the tremendously popular, larger-than-life magician Mark Swain is using his illusions to try and steal those all-powerful statues. The two protagonists who stand in his way are all that stands between the evil Swain unleashing the terrible forces of the statues unto the world.
Meticulously illustrated with a compelling story, the graphic novel offers an exciting insight into the world of magic, its dual forces of good and evil, and how the MASKED MAGICIAN came to be, following him as he uses tricks of the trade to betray other magicians to increase his own power.
"It is very exciting that the MASKED MAGICIAN is enlarged and enjoyed in a completely new format. Audiences simply love the television specials, and the story translates very well into the fantasy of a graphic novel, so readers will be in for a great surprise," Nash explains.
"The MASKED MAGICIAN is one of the few unforgettable - yet unexplained - characters on television," said Lieberman. "With this graphic novel we have enlarged the story with additional characters and motifs that we intend to develop into feature films, television projects and video games."
The MASKED MAGICIAN is currently breaking records on MyNetworkTV, regularly logging the network's best household and demographic ratings.
For more information, visit the Virgin Comics website.