Hatter M - A Lesson in Literary Cross-Promotion
About a year or so ago, Frank Beddor - literary architect of The Looking Glass Wars, a fantasy-genre look at the “true” events behind Alice in Wonderland - realized a comic book tie-in called Hatter M through Desperado Publishing. It featured art by Ben Templesmith (Fell, 30 Days of Night), and like anything by Ben Templesmith, fans gobbled it up the moment it was released.
Now, to my knowledge, Hatter M has not be recollected into any trade, but you can read about Hatter M in Beddor’s book series, which continues this August with the sequel Seeing Redd.
I just read The Looking Glass Wars, and if you want an intro to Beddor’s world, its a great one. Beddor, a producer of movies including There’s Something About Mary and Wicked shares his cinematic vision in his novel - especially in Hatter M - a man with so many blades he’d make Wolverine envious.
While I can’t be sure of Hatter M’s role in the sequel Redd - of if he even has one - the ending of the first book leaves plenty of room for a new Hatter M series. I hope Beddor - and especially Templesmith - expands this character in the future. The character - as well as Beddor’s own kick in the pants to Lewis Carroll - are just the breath of fresh of air comicdom needs.
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