Jonathan Coulton Working On a New Graphic Novel

01/17/2017 09:25 pm EST

Internet music superstar Jonathan Coulton is working on a new graphic novel, which will apparently be timed to coincide with the release of his next studio album in the spring.

Coulton announced the project in a newsletter to fans last week, although he didn't say who the creative team was or what the story would be.

"I know, it's killing me too. Soon, my friends, very soon," Coulton wrote. "I don't yet know the actual release date, but I can tell you it's Spring of this year, so we're getting close. The accompanying graphic novel (I know, what's wrong with me?) is turning out SO GREAT that I can't believe it. This album took a lot of time to get just right, but I'm really proud of it, and I can't wait for you to hear it, and read the graphic novel, and cry and cry."

Code Monkey Save World was a 2013 comic book miniseries which was funded via Kickstarter. It eventually earned several times its original goal and as a result numerous additional rewards were added, including a spinoff children's book based on Coulton's song "The Princess Who Saved Herself" and an acoustic album, recorded at the time and available only to Kickstarter backers, comprised of the Coulton songs which had inspired Code Monkey Save World.

The story behind that particular book was that comic book writer Greg Pak had tweeted out a joke about how he "could field a pretty awesome supervillain team" with characters from Coulton's music. Coulton tweeted back at him to "DO IT" and the rest is history.

Neither Coulton nor Pak, his old college friend with whom he collaborated on both Code Monkey Save World and The Princess Who Saved Herself, responded to requests for a comment about the project.

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