comicbookresources.com is reporting that Scott Aukerman will be bringing the Comedy Death Ray brand name to the world of comic books with the help of writer and movie producer Jeff Katz. Katz, a former VP of production at Fox who has also worked for DC and Wildstorm as a writer, recently launched American Original, a comic book publishing and film development company that plans to launch new franchises in print for eventual adaptation to film, television, video games and web series. As editor of "The Comedy Death Ray Anthology," Scott will be tasked with recruiting and overseeing both established and up-and-coming comedians to write stories for the series, the first of which could hit newsstands by the end of the year. Scott tells me he has verbal commitments from a few comedians already, and promises "the lineup will be what you've come to expect from Comedy Death-Ray - some favorites, some newcomers, some surprises!" For his part, Katz sees this as an opportunity to fill "a giant hole in the [comic book] marketplace," and hopes the CDR Anthology will become "what 'National Lampoon' was in its heyday." Look for more details in an announcement from Comic Con next month.
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