''The Stuff of Legend'' is a

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series produced by Th3rd World Studios. The writers of ''The Stuff of Legend'' are Mike Raicht and Brian Smith. The illustrator is Charles Paul Wilson III.

Publication history

The series is released as 56-page comic books, with ''Volume 1'' a two-issue mini-series. A second volume of four issues, as well as a third, was announced in 2010. Brian Smith, Charles Paul Wilson III, the guys at Th3rd World and Mike Raicht were planning on getting Volume 5 in 2015, and wrapping the series up with Volume 6. The first three issues of Volume 5 were published in 2017. The fourth issue of Volume 5 was published in September 2020. An in-house ad following the final page of that issue solicits the next volume, "The War." No further information was announced.

Plot

The story takes place in 1944 Brooklyn. A band of toys goes on a journey into the Dark Realm to rescue a young boy, who is their owner, from the infamous Bogeyman. In the Dark Realm, which is inside the boy's closet, they change. They become life sized, with functional weapons and, in the teddy bear's case, teeth. As they venture into the Dark, they battle the Bogeyman's forces, composed mostly of bitter, lost toys, fallen under the fearful powers of their Dark master.

Collected editions

The comics collected into

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: *''Book 1: The Dark'' (collects ''Volume 1: The Dark'', Issues 1 and 2, 128 pages,

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, April 2010, ) *''Book 2: The Jungle'' (collects ''Volume 2: The Jungle'', Issues 1 through 4, 144 pages, Th3rd World Studios, April 2011) *''Book 3: A Jester's Tale '' (collects ''Volume 3: A Jester's Tale'', Issues 1 through 4, 124 pages, Th3rd World Studios, March 2012, ) *''Book 4: The Toy Collector '' (collects ''Volume 4: The Toy Collector'', Issues 1 through 5, 124 pages, Th3rd World Studios, August 2013) *''The Stuff of Legend: Omnibus One ardcover' (collects ''Volume 1: The Dark'' and ''Volume 2: The Jungle'', 260 pages, Th3rd World Studios, July 2012, ) *''The Stuff of Legend: Omnibus Two ardcover' (collects ''Volume 3: A Jester's Tale'' and ''Volume 4: The Toy Collector'', 270 pages, Th3rd World Studios, February 2014, )

Awards

In 2010, Wilson was nominated for the

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for his work on ''The Stuff of Legend''.

Possible film

According to Deadline, in 2012

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made a pitch deal to make a film adaptation of the graphic novel with Pete Candeland to direct and Shawn Christensen writing the script; however, Christensen became unavailable and is no longer involved. In his absence, ''

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'' writers,

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and

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have been selected to adapt the series as a live-action film with

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and

Todd Lieberman Todd Darren Lieberman (born February 20, 1973) is an American film and television producer. He founded Hidden Pictures Media in 2022 and won an Emmy for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers in 2022. He co-founded Mandeville Films and Television with ...

serving as producers under their

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banner. As of 2022, no news have been heard about it.

References

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