IDW Publishing has announced Sleeping Beauties, a captivating comic book series based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King and Owen King from the creative team of writer Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl) and artist Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard), who will adapt the narrative as a ten-issue limited series.
“We are so excited about Rio and Alison’s vision for Sleeping Beauties. We’ve been fans of Rio’s for years and Alison’s artwork is simply extraordinary. IDW couldn’t have found a better pairing,” said Owen, with Stephen adding: “We’re looking forward to seeing our work in this exciting format.”
“To work on anything with the King name attached is surreal, dizzying, and somewhat terrifying,” stated Youers. “As soon as my feet touch terra firma, I will focus on my goal: to stay true to the novel’s spirit, and to deliver a page-turning, visually impacting experience that will appeal to readers of both Stephen and Owen King’s fiction, and to comics fans the world over.”
“I’m thrilled to be able to work on Sleeping Beauties,” added Sampson. “The story is very suggestive for interesting art, with magical themes interwoven through a very real place setting in Appalachia, and the opportunity to draw some truly diverse people. Places, spaces, gender, bodies, character, relationships, political themes, emotions, a challenging (and almost certainly innovative) design job, and a great story – it’s all here. I cannot wait to share what we are making.”
Sleeping Beauties will launch in early 2020.
