Award winner Ron Howard attached to direct. Jensen began his career as a newspaper crime reporter, then broke into comic books and graphic novels as the writer of ARCA (IDW), Two Dead (Gallery 13), and Tear Us Apart (Dark Horse). Jensen has written world-renowned characters, including Superman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Godzilla, and James Bond. He has served as a Comic Book Ambassador for the U.S. State Department, teaching refugee children to tell their stories through comics. He lives in Atlanta.
Recently I asked the author about what he was reading. Jensen's reply:
The book I've read that stuck with me lately is The Dog of the South by Charles Portis.Visit Van Jensen's website.
A jilted husband follows his wife and her new paramour to Mexico, seeking revenge, or at least to reclaim his Ford Torino. The book is about exactly that, but not really that at all. It's a shaggy travelogue, a picaresque character study, an anthology of broken and insane oddballs, an ode to adventure, or perhaps a warning of the dangers of adventure. Mostly, it's funny as hell and endlessly surprising. This is Kerouac with a healthy dash of Pynchon.
--Marshal Zeringue
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