Vertigo ink deal on 'Tattoo' books

'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo'In a move that will likely attract Lisbeth Salander, Electricity Entertainment imprint Vertigo can create a picture novel based on Stieg Larsson's "The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo" this fall.Vertigo is working carefully with Larsson's estate and Hedlund Literary Agency to develop it that Scottish crime author Denise Mina will pen, with cover image created by Lee Bermejo and art from Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti.Book hits book shops in November."We're thrilled being adapting this incredible story into numerous graphic books," mentioned Vertigo's executive editor Karen Berger. "Denise, Lee, Leonardo and Andrea have such great desire for the material and stylistically they're a perfect match to produce it to comics existence. Their fantastically dark and visceral work will certainly blow many of us away."The go to go the graphic novel route with Larsson's tale is smart, given its roots just like a best-selling phenomenon -- the initial from the trilogy that has offered greater than 60 million copies worldwide. Sales for individuals three books exceed 17 million copies inside the U.S. alone, including digital sales of three.5 million copies.Mina's cime books include "Deceptiveness" and "Section of Blood stream." She's also written for Vertigo's "Hellblazer" series and several recently composed "A Sickness inherited,In . another graphic novel for your author.Bermejo recently completed DC's "Batman: Noel," a followup to "Joker," both bestsellers while Argentinian artist Manco's credits include "Hellblazer" and Italian artist Mutti first labored with Vertigo on "The Executor" graphic novel before its "DMZ" comicbook series. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com