Anansi

Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel Anansi Boys is heading to the sequential art world of comics. The 2005 novel, a New York Times best-seller that won the Locus and British Fantasy Awards, is being adapted by Dark Horse Comics, which has set screenwriter and comics author Marc Bernardin to pen what will be an eight-issue miniseries. Shawn Martinbrough, perhaps best known as the longtime artist of the Robert Kirkman title Thief of Thieves as well as Marvel’s Luke Cage Noir, is drawing the book, which…

Image: William Morrow PaperbacksHollywood loves a Neil Gaiman adaptation, and so do fans (see: The Sandman, American Gods, Coraline, Good Omens, and so on). His 2005 novel Anansi Boys, which builds on the American Gods character Mr. Nancy (or Anansi, the spidery trickster god from West African folklore), will soon be a Prime Video series starring Delroy Lindo as Mr. Nancy, along with Malachi Kirby, CCH Pounder, Fiona Shaw, Whoopi Goldberg, and others. Though it’s finished filming, there’s no release date set yet. Image…

Photo: Courtesy of Prime Video © 2022 Mouth of a Shark, LLC.Senegalese immigrant Aisha (Us’ Anna Diop) arrives in New York City willing to work hard to achieve her dreams—chief among them making enough money to reunite with her beloved son, who she had to leave behind. But as we see in Nikyatu Jusu’s gorgeous yet chilling Nanny, unexpected malevolence awaits in both supernatural and all-too-human ways.As the title suggests, Aisha lands a coveted gig caring for Rose (Rose Decker), the young daughter of affluent…