New Edition of Cowboys & Aliens Graphic Novel to be Published on February 22nd

This coming Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, HarperCollins is reissuing the graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens in hardcover. A trade paperback will be published in May, a few weeks prior to the release of the film adapted from the book. This new edition of the book includes all-new tie-in art to the film.

Written by Andrew Foley and Fred Van Lente with artwork by Dennis Calero and Luciano Lima, from a concept by Scott Rosenberg, Cowboys & Aliens is the story of what happens when an alien invasion interrupts the ultimate showdown between cowboys and Indians in the Old West.

Originally published in 2006 by Image Comics, the graphic novel is being adapted into the film Cowboys & Aliens starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, which is scheduled to open in theaters July 29th, 2011; a preview of the film aired during the Super Bowl.