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From "Pushing Daisies" #1

Almost immediately after ABC announced the cancellation of Pushing Daisies in November 2008, creator Bryan Fuller began talking about resurrecting the quirky comedy as a comic book. Over the next two and a half years since, he’s occasionally offered updates about the fate of the pie-maker who can bring things back to life, saying just last fall that the first issue “will hopefully be out in early 2011.”

Well, it’s early 2011, and there’s no first issue. But Fuller has offered, or rather tweeted, the next-best thing: a preview of the first page. He doesn’t indicate who the artist is, though.

There’s also no word yet as to when we’ll see the first issue, as Pushing Daisies had been destined for DC Comics’ recently closed WildStorm imprint.

Fuller has described the comic as a 12-issue series that ties up loose ends left by the show’s untimely demise as the characters deal with a flash flood that empties bodies from a nearby cemetery.

Check out the full page after the break.

From "Pushing Daisies" #1

(via The Atlantic)

April 26, 2011 @ 06:00 AM by Kevin MelroseTagged: ABC, Bryan Fuller, comic books, dc comics, Pushing Daisies, television, Wildstorm

11 CommentsMarc CApril 26, 2011 at 6:21 am

Damn, I forgot about this. Discovered Pushing Daisies after it was canceled and really enjoyed the premise. Show wasn’t always strong, but the concept made up for its shortcomings. Can’t wait to see how the series was intended to wrap. Get it out DC–get it out.

coconutphoneApril 26, 2011 at 8:29 am

Awww I can’t wait! This show made me smile each week. So genuine and sweet and hilarious all at once.

EricApril 26, 2011 at 9:02 am

I really love that art, and I’m glad that it’s not slavishly devoted to making the characters look like the actors, but rather capture their spirit. Excited!

JasonApril 26, 2011 at 9:25 am

Is the artist Tom Mandrake? Can’t wait for this … I loved the series.

Russ BurlingameApril 26, 2011 at 9:47 am

Very excited to finally see something that indicates the book will eventually see the light of day. I’m hoping that the one-shot SDCC did a couple of years ago will be included in whatever collected edition is forthcoming. I, too, am glad that they let the artist interpret the characters a bit instead of worrying too much about looking like the actors–it doesn’t serve TRUE BLOOD all that well, after all, and likeness rights may be an issue in reprint editions if things like that aren’t hashed out from the start.

Nick SApril 26, 2011 at 11:06 am

I am so excited for this. I loved the first season, I’m still somewhere in the second, but I hated that the show got axed. Now I will catch up in anticipation of this series!

Matt RowerApril 26, 2011 at 11:17 am

Fuller tweeted this after tweeting a lettered, uncolored version of the first page: “@LenNWallace: @BryanFuller Who drew that? It’s awesome!” The very talented Jon Wa$hak!

I can’t track down what it’s in reply to, but that may narrow down the suspect list. (Of course, I thought it was Shawn McManus at first glance.)

Bill ReedApril 26, 2011 at 12:22 pm

I had given up on this ever coming out. Hooray!

dnwilliamsApril 26, 2011 at 2:36 pm

So disappointed they couldn’t get Tim Sale as originall planned, he would have NAILED the tone. Intrigued to see how it turns out though.

catsmeow12April 26, 2011 at 2:39 pm

I love the art. The characters look like the actors but without “trying too hard”, if that makes any sense.

PD was a great tv series and I’ve been looking forward to the comic book ever since it was announced. Rather than a 12-isue limited series, I’d love to see a two-volume original graphic novel (an OGN is roughly the same page count as a collected 6-issue mini series).

catsmeow12April 26, 2011 at 2:42 pm

@ Matt Rower, I think Bryan Fuller misspelled the artist’s name. I think it’s Jon Wayshak, also credited as Jonathan Wayshak.