Huge news for fans of comic books AND the former WWE Champion CM Punk. Marvel announced today that the “Best in the World” will be the guest writer for THOR ANNUAL #1, which comes out in February 2015. He will be tag teaming with award-winning artist Rob Guillory of Chew and several other independent projects, who will illustrate the book.
In an interview with Marvel.com’s Ryan Penagos, Punk believes the arrangement started when the two met at San Diego Comic-Con in 2011. Because of his hectic WWE travel schedule, he was never able to sit down and make it work before, although he doesn’t remember exactly who asked him about doing Thor.
This will be the first time he attempts something like this, but THOR editor Jon Moisan has been sending him scripts of comics so that Punk understands the method before submitting his piece. He’s also expressed a lot of interest in working on a future Punisher story.
You can check out the full in-depth interview between Ryan and CM Punk, and check back with Marvel later in the week as they’ll be announcing even more guest writers for THOR ANNUAL.