PHILADELPHIA — After chewing up television with its wildly popular Shark Week, Discovery Communications aims to snatch an even bigger bite for its popular franchise: comic books.
The parent company of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet hopes to make a big splash when it releases its first comic book, “Top 10 Deadliest Sharks.” The book — dubbed a nonfiction graphic novel — comes out Wednesday and is being published by Philadelphia’s Zenescope Entertainment under the Silver Dragon Books imprint.
Like its namesake television counterpart, the “Sharks” graphic novel takes a serious but accessible look at some of the species’ deadliest and dangerous members. Using Andy Dehart, the network’s resident shark expert — and public face of the annual TV event — the graphic novel boasts 10 stories based on real events and spotlighting a particular shark.
“Discovery’s mission has always been to help viewers satisfy curiosity about the world around them through breathtaking imagery and stories,” said Elizabeth Bakacs, vice president of licensing at Discovery Communications. The Associated Press
