Legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy have announced that they will be teaming up with Adam Wallenta of American Mule Entertainment to produce a new politically charged comic book.
"The reality is Public Enemy is a world-famous revolutionary, political Hip-Hop band that inspires young and old alike," co-creator Adam Wallenta told AllHipHop.com. “The fiction is they are members of a secret underground organization called the Underground Railroad, while they are touring the world they act as agents of peace and justice and help people whenever they are in need. They don't have super powers but they still kick major ass. There will be lots of adventure and action as well as social commentary reflecting many of today's issues."
Wallenta has a lot of experience with comic books, he has worked on "Imagine," "The Retributors" and Marvel's "X-Nation" and "New Warriors" comic books.
"I was interning for Marvel Comics and they had a music division that was producing a Public Enemy comic book," Wallenta explained. “I remember seeing some of the artwork and thinking they had it all wrong. Because of poor sales with some of their other books and a shake up in the editorial offices, I believe the book was scrapped all together. After seeing them on tour I decided to run the idea past them about doing a comic book and we created the concept."
The new Public Enemy comic will come with an exclusive CD of new Public Enemy material and illustrated lyrics of a new Public Enemy song about Hurricane Katrina. A percentage of the proceeds will go towards Katrina relief funds.
The comic will debut at the 2006 Comic-Con International in San Diego.
