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Tiger King comic book in the works

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Published : Apr 17, 2020, 5:13 PM IST

Updated : Apr 17, 2020, 5:51 PM IST

The Tiger King documentary-series revolves around the life of Oklahoma zookeeper Joseph Exotic and the events that culminated in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against animal rights activist Carole Baskin. Netflix also released a special after-show episode on April 12.

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Tiger King comic book in the works

Los Angeles: The popular Netflix documentary-series Tiger King is getting a comic book version. Celebrities including Josh Duhamel and Alyssa Milano are devouring Netflix's hit 'Tiger King'.

'Tiger King' phenomenon

According to Variety, TidalWave will be releasing the biography comic titled Infamous: Tiger King in June. The comic will be written by Michael Frizell and drawn by Joe Paradise and Jesse Johnson.

You can't make this stuff up. I never imagined that I'd be researching a book like this. It was a challenge to find a focus for the comic because there's so much happening. No wonder Netflix created a limited series as opposed to a Dateline episode, said Frizell.

We wanted to do something that is fun and a good distraction in regard to in the state of the world now. I am obsessed with everything in this story and wanted to tell it from a different medium. The comic book medium can be used to entertain as well as inform, TidalWave publisher Darren G Davis added.

The Tiger King documentary-series revolves around the life of Oklahoma zookeeper Joseph Exotic and the events that culminated in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against animal rights activist Carole Baskin. Netflix also released a special after-show episode on April 12.

Read more: Sacred Games: Pankaj Tripathi reveals how he slip into the role of Guruji

(With inputs from PTI)

Los Angeles: The popular Netflix documentary-series Tiger King is getting a comic book version. Celebrities including Josh Duhamel and Alyssa Milano are devouring Netflix's hit 'Tiger King'.

'Tiger King' phenomenon

According to Variety, TidalWave will be releasing the biography comic titled Infamous: Tiger King in June. The comic will be written by Michael Frizell and drawn by Joe Paradise and Jesse Johnson.

You can't make this stuff up. I never imagined that I'd be researching a book like this. It was a challenge to find a focus for the comic because there's so much happening. No wonder Netflix created a limited series as opposed to a Dateline episode, said Frizell.

We wanted to do something that is fun and a good distraction in regard to in the state of the world now. I am obsessed with everything in this story and wanted to tell it from a different medium. The comic book medium can be used to entertain as well as inform, TidalWave publisher Darren G Davis added.

The Tiger King documentary-series revolves around the life of Oklahoma zookeeper Joseph Exotic and the events that culminated in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against animal rights activist Carole Baskin. Netflix also released a special after-show episode on April 12.

Read more: Sacred Games: Pankaj Tripathi reveals how he slip into the role of Guruji

(With inputs from PTI)

Last Updated : Apr 17, 2020, 5:51 PM IST
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