My Name is Earl: The Comic Book?

In one of the more bizarre licensing deal announced at SDCC, Oni Press has announced it will be publishing a monthly comic based on the NBC show My Name Is Earl.

In the show, Jason Lee plays a criminal who wins the lottery and sets about righting the wrongs he’d done in his life in order to enhance his karma.

The comic book will focus on Earl and Randy crossing off items on the list that can’t be done on the show, or fit better in the comic medium. The first issue will featuring Earl replacing comic books (of course!) from someone he stole from at a comic convention. From there, future Earl stories include him flying a plane, destroying the Hoover Dam, and repairing it. Hunter Covington, scriptwriter for the Earl TV series, is set to write the comic, but no artist has been mentioned.

Link: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ONI PRESS AT COMIC-CON 2006!