If you want to win, you've got to learn how to play head games.
Marvel Comics has officially announced M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games, a new comic book starring none other than the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. Set to hit comic shops this December, M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1 is written by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, who are set to helm the upcoming M.O.D.O.K. animated series for Hulu, with Oswalt also voicing the eponymous villain. Blum and Oswalt are joined on this comic project by artist Scott Hepburn, as well as cover artist Cully Hamner.
"One of the things that tickled us about M.O.D.O.K. was his insistence on keeping up this intimidating/frightening front even when all visible evidence pointed to the opposite," said Oswalt. "Even from the git-go, those early Kirby issues, he's still frothing and gnashing about the majesty of himself even when he's been knocked to the ground. The malevolent Weeble was love at first sight for us. So after exploring every aspect of that in the series -- showing him in lonely moments when he’s got no one to impress but this desperate self-image he keeps trying to prop up -- it was super-fun to bear down on M.O.D.O.K. trying to unravel a specific mystery about his origin."
"Obviously, we were huge fans before we ever pitched the show, but after Marvel agreed to make it, we went back and tracked down every M.O.D.O.K. appearance in the comics," added Blum ."I had read a lot growing up, especially the Mark Gruenwald/Captain America Serpent Society issues, but reading everything really filled in some gaps. What you find is M.O.D.O.K. is an incredibly versatile character. He can be very Silver-Agey and arch, other times incredibly menacing and violent like in the video game and obviously very comedic like in Gwenpool or our show. Trying to marry all these versions is what led to the idea for the story we're telling in the comic. We were really stoked to write 'Marvel Comics Proper' M.O.D.O.K. and not just the funny version in our show."
Blum and Oswalt's M.O.D.O.K. series officially announced its full cast early this year, though still lacks a premiere date. That said, new information is expected at New York Comic Con. The series was originally set to be part of a larger Marvel adult animation lineup on Hulu, though the planned Howard the Duck and Tigra & Dazzler shows were later canceled. This new comic comes ahead of not only the M.O.D.O.K. animated series, but also shortly after the Marvel's Avengers video game, which features M.O.D.O.K. as the main antagonist.
Written by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt and illustrated by Scott Hepburn, MODOK: Head Games #1 goes on sale this December from Marvel Comics.
(via Marvel)