Brooklyn Nets point guard Jeremy Lin will be a comic book character. That’s right, “Linsanity” will be appearing in Marvel’s “Totally Awesome Hulk” series. From Scott A. Rosenberg of amNewYork:
Basketball star Jeremy Lin, 28, who signed a three-year deal with the Nets in July, will be bringing his on-court heroics to the pages of Marvel Comics’ “Totally Awesome Hulk” series in December.
The idea to have Lin team up with the Hulk sprung from the mind of a comics writer, New York-based Greg Pak, who was himself stricken with Linsanity during the 2011-12 NBA season, when Lin broke out with the Knicks and led the team to a seven-game winning streak.
“I was here in New York when Linsanity happened and it never stopped for me,” said Pak, who will be writing the issue with interior art by Luke Ross and a cover by Bernard Chang. “I followed him everywhere. I just love the guy. And at a certain point, I just found myself thinking, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if the biggest Asian-American superhero met the biggest Asian-American sports star?’”
The Hulk in the comics series is Amadeus Cho, a Korean-American character. Now, Cho will get to hang out with Jeremy Lin. This should be interesting.
