Stephen King's The Stand finally officially announced

[MBoyd]

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16631

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158855

So will this be updated like the Unexpurgated Edition from 1990 was. I wasn't crazy about the pop culture updates at the time since they seemed slapped together. I remember Madonna references were new and then 1970s references to a brand new Datsun stayed in. Just really seemed sloppy to me. But I guess I wouldn't mind a 2008 update for the comic format.

Also I wish this was longer than 30 issues. i always wanted to see more of this world. It might have been cool to make this series a sequel to the book set 18 or 30 (depending on edition) years later.

[Drop]

If it's like the Dark Tower series, they'll just use King's work as a guideline and write it a new. So I think it'll have more consistency in terms of pop culture. I wonder if it'll still be an 80s/70s story or take place in present.

[mhg83]

If it's like the Dark Tower series, they'll just use King's work as a guideline and write it a new. So I think it'll have more consistency in terms of pop culture. I wonder if it'll still be an 80s/70s story or take place in present.

But Stephen King already wrote a present day version of The Stand; Cell

[Michael Corvin]

Also I wish this was longer than 30 issues. i always wanted to see more of this world. It might have been cool to make this series a sequel to the book set 18 or 30 (depending on edition) years later.

I believe the year number you are looking for would be 19. ;)