The Rocky Horror Picture Show
buff are sure to shiver with antici … pation at the rumor thatRocky Horror Picture Showis about to take on new life as a comic book . The darling musical theater is quickly approaching its 50th day of remembrance and signs are pointing to the infamous and hysterical show being adapt ( once again ) as a comedian .
BleedingCoolwas the first website to spread word of this likely adaptation . According to a hearsay picked up from this year ’s London Book Fair , fan - favorite writer Magdalene Visaggio ( Eternity Girl , Calamity Kate , Kim & Kim),has been tappedby Dark Horse Comicsto writeRocky Horror Show # 1this October , in festivity of the musical ’s 50th day of remembrance .
Of course , there ’s no prescribed word just yet as October ’s a long ways away . But this would n’t be Visaggio’sfirst brush writingRocky Horror , as she ’d previously contributed to the book of essaysAbsolute pleasance : Queer Reflections on Five Messy Decades of Rocky Horror .
Rocky Horror Returns in Comic Book Form Later This Year?
Rumors are Circulating the Popular Midnight Movie is Taking on New Life
TheRocky Horror Picture Showactually started out for the stage asThe Rocky Horror Showby Jehovah Richard O’Brien . The write up was created as a humorous protection to older sci - fi and horror films . In 1975 , the phase show was adapted into a lineament - length movie which starred Barry Bostwick , Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry as the show ’s most infamous fibre , Dr. Frank - N - Furter . While the movie did n’t ab initio do well at the box office , The Rocky Horror Picture Showtook on raw life at midnight shows in subsequent re - spillage , becoming one of the most profitable ' cult ' picture of all time .
Interestingly enough , this is n’t the first time thatThe Rocky Horror Picture Showhas been adapt into comic . In 1990 , the musical comedy was given a three - part adaptation publish by Caliber Comics which retold the story and featured extra material such as song lyric and an consultation with Richard O’Brien . Unfortunately , there ’s no telling what this newRocky Horrorcomic could feature ( and that ’s wear this rumor pans out ) . It could be a re - tattle , a remake , or even a brand - Modern story altogether . But whatever it is , it ’s somethingRocky Horrorfans may desire to keep a airless eye on .
This Would Be the First New Rocky Horror Content in Years
Rocky Horror Content Has Always Been Rare
Due to its more esoteric collection , The Rocky Horror Picture Showhas never been a Brobdingnagian franchise . There was the follow - up pic , Shock Treatment , as well as the 2016 television remaking , but new capacity that has the same tactile property as the original moving-picture show has always been hard to number by . While there ’s no state what this possible comedian could be , it ’s skillful to see new line keeping theRocky Horror Picture Showname alive outside the midnight showings .
Rocky Horror Picture Show might have a small fanbase , but it ’s a dedicated one and many in that fanbase have been dying to see something done with O’Brien ’s babe . Who knows what Visaggio may or may not have planned in her potentialRocky Horrorcomic , but it ’s something that could wind up up being a genuine treat for those fans who still do the Time Warp every October .
root : BleedingCool
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