Andrew Vachss's Underground Screenplay Becomes a Graphic Novel at Dark Horse

Dark Horse Comics announced today that they're adapting the unproduced screenplay for Underground by best-selling author Andrew Vachss into an original graphic novel. Apparently unrelated to the Vachss-headed Dark Horse miniseries of the same name from 20 years ago, the publisher describes Underground as a work of "speculative fiction" with a clear connection to current events and how such events are presented in the media. The book is adapted by Chet Wiliamson and Mike Richardson, with art by Dominic Reardon.

When all sources of "news" are so clearly biased that none can be considered even remotely trustworthy or reliable, there is no news . . . and "The Terror" descends. For decades, The Rulers have been using prisoner and slave labor to construct Underground, confident that all those who flee there will willingly trade their freedom for security. Now, "truth" is what the Rulers say it is, and The Rulers rule all aspects of the human existence. But even within this antiseptically evil world, a revolutionary movement is brewing. A new breed of journalists— "The Book Boys"—risk everything to graffiti the truth on Underground's pristine walls. The intolerable act of creating a reliable source of truth––"If it's written in blue, it must be true."––is against The Rules ––a huge bounty has been offered for identification or capture of any of this crew.

The graphic novel will hit direct market retailers on October 29 in a hardcover edition priced at $29.99.