The Philip K. Dick story "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?," which served as the inspiration for the 1982 science-fiction film "Blade Runner," will be adapted into a 24-issue comic book series by publisher Boom Studios.
Announced earlier today, the series will adapt the award-winning story by "mixing all new panel-to-panel continuity with the actual text from the novel." Artist Steven Dupre ("Wolf") will provide interior art for the series, and you can expect to see the first issue hit shelves in June. "Transmetropolitan" and "FreakAngels" writer Warren Ellis -- no stranger to celebrated science-fiction storytelling -- will provide "backmatter" in each issue.
Boom also provided a trio of cover images from the upcoming series.
For those not familiar with the story (or the film it spawned), Boom provided the following synopsis of the project:
"'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?' takes place in a world where San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. The World War has killed millions, driving entire species to extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic fakes: horses, birds, cats, sheep... even humans. Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned bounty hunter tasked to find six rogue androids -- they're machines, that not only look, sound, and think like humans, but are clever, and most of all, dangerous just like humans."
Is your interest piqued? Think Philip K. Dick's tale will translate well to comics? What other science-fiction classics should get the comics treatment?
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