Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys is Getting a Comic Book Adaptation

We are all living in Neil Gaiman’s world as his book Anansi Boys is getting a comic book adaptation by Dark Horse.

The Anansi Boys comic will launch in June with a limited eight issue series. It will be adapted by Writer Marc Bernardin and Shawn Martinbrough doing the art. Chris Sotomayor, a colorist and Jim Campbell, a letterer, will also be on the comic’s creative team.

Anansi Boys is Getting a Comic Book Adaptation

The debut issue main cover was done by David Mack and variant covers were by Martinbrough and Denys Cowan. All this follows on the heels of the news of Prime Video’s live-action adaptation of Anansi Boys.

The novel was first published in September 2005 and was released after Giaman’s successful novel American Gods. That was also adapted into a TV show as well as The Sandman, a comic book which Giaman wrote and was published by DC Comics.

The synopsis for Anansi Boys for the Dark Horse comic reads “‘Fat’ Charlie Nancy leads a boring life as a boring Londoner until he discovers two things: That his recently deceased father was, in fact, Anansi, the trickster god of African folklore, and that he has a twin brother he’s never met. All of this kicks off a reality-spanning odyssey of sibling rivalry, jealous deities, and one poor soul who’ll realize that being a god is more trouble than it’s worth.”

“To say that I’ve been a fan of Neil’s work for decades would be the understatement of all understatements,” said Bernardin. “So to have the opportunity to help transmute his wonderful Anansi Boys to comics is a gobsmacking honor. I hope readers who love the novel encounter those moments they adore as well as discover some fresh madness to keep them on their toes.”

“Despite having many Neil Gaiman collections on my bookshelf, surprisingly I had never read The Anansi Boys,” says Martinbrough “When Dark Horse approached me to illustrate this adaptation, I jumped at the chance to tell this funny, fantastical story full of rich and charming characters. Designing the larger than life figures of Papa Nancy and Spider has been a delight, but my favorite by far, was capturing the endearing quirks and idiosyncrasies of Fat Charlie.”

Anansi Boys #1 will go on sale on June 26 from Dark Horse Comics.

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