{"id":1490,"date":"2011-04-30T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2011-04-30T22:51:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:51:21","slug":"local-comic-book-writer-takes-on-the-the-royal-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1490","title":{"rendered":"Local comic book writer takes on the the royal wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1491\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/THE_ROYALS_COVER2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1491\" title=\"THE_ROYALS_COVER2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/THE_ROYALS_COVER2-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Royals\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/THE_ROYALS_COVER2-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/THE_ROYALS_COVER2.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 85vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Royals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some people care about the Friday&#8217;s wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, while others set their phasers on &#8220;ignore.&#8221; For one local writer, it didn&#8217;t matter which group he was in, it was his job to learn every detail about the royal couple.<\/p>\n<p>CW Cooke&#8217;s latest comic book is <em>The Royals: Prince William &amp; Kate Middleton<\/em>, a comics biography of the future King and Queen of England. The Kansas City-based scribe has previously penned several other bio-comics for publisher Bluewater Productions.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-page comic book retails for $3.99 and is available in comic book shops now. A 40-page collectors edition graphic novel is available in bookstores for $7.99.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been one of Bluewater&#8217;s most anticipated biography books,&#8221; said Darren Davis, president of Bluewater, &#8220;Fans of the royal couple will love this issue for portraying William and Kate as two well-rounded and grounded individuals. But it also has enough pomp and spectacle to match the excitement surrounding the event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CW Cooke will be appearing at Pop Culture Comix on Free Comic Book Day, May 7th, from 10:00 AM &#8211; 4:00 PM. Pop Culture Comix is located at 9337 W 87th St in Overland Park, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people care about the Friday&#8217;s wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, while others set their phasers on &#8220;ignore.&#8221; For one local writer, it didn&#8217;t matter which group he was in, it was his job to learn every detail about the royal couple. CW Cooke&#8217;s latest comic book is The Royals: Prince William &amp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1490\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Local comic book writer takes on the the royal wedding&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359,420,419,26],"tags":[64,490,467,491],"class_list":["post-1490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics-shops","category-local-creators","category-new-releases","category-news","tag-bluewater-productions","tag-cw-cooke","tag-free-comic-book-day","tag-pop-culture-comix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}