After all, I want to make sure I stick with his original vision. So far, [Steven King] comments have always been the same - run with it!

Sometimes, as I'm following a story thread to its ultimate conclusion, I find that I start swimming in deep water and need to run an idea by Steve [King].

I've learned a heck of a lot this way [making Dark Tower comics]. I've also learned a lot from the editors at Marvel, who are always an equal part in the creative team.

Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization.

As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation.

Originally, I broke the story [The Gunslinger Born] into eight comic books, but when the editors at Marvel thought we should make it more compact, I managed to cut back to seven.

In order to capture Mid-World for new readers, I had to streamline the original tale [ The Gunslinger Born], but I also had to incorporate scenes from earlier Dark Tower novels.