Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick, creators of the bestselling Feynman, have reteamed for a graphic novel biography of renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, to be published in 2016 by First Second.

Titled Hawking, the book "will tell the story of how he made his place in the many worlds he inhabits, from the scientific to the celebrity... and how his discoveries have shown everyone how to understand our place in the universe." Boing Boing has the official announcement and a preview.

"July 4, 2012 was a good day in physics and for Gordy Kane, Leland and me," Ottaviani said in a statement. "Not only was the Higgs boson revealed to the world, but Gordy -- a prominent physicist and author of The Particle Garden -- won a long-standing $100 bet with his friend Stephen Hawking on whether there even was a Higgs. And in an email letting us know about these things, Gordy and his wife Lois also added an 'Oh, by the way ...' They told us that Stephen had read and enjoyed our Feynman book (!) and invited us to come to Cambridge and talk about doing a book about him. We didn't get on a plane that same afternoon, but we did start planning our trip, and this book. Like I said, a good day."