David Bowie’s 1976 film ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ is the subject of a new graphic novel.
The Titan Comics release draws on the Nicolas Roeg-directed flick, which stars David Bowie as extraterrestrial Thomas Jerome Newton who finds himself on Earth hunting for water for his dying planet.
It was originally based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis and has been adapted by writer Dan Watters and illustrator Dev Pramanik for the new release.
“The Man Who Fell To Earth is a masterpiece of a film with an awful lot to say; about men, about the Earth, and lots of things in between,” Watters said.
“There are ideas in the film, about climate crises and corporate greed, that are more relevant now than they were when Nicolas Roeg set out to make it. And now here we are.
“I think it’s high time to look at the world through Thomas Newton’s mismatched eyes all over again. Perhaps he’ll see something we’ve been missing.”
Due late 2022, ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ graphic novel is available to pre-order.
