Variety is reporting that the production company American Original has put together a lineup of well known comedians, who will create individual comic books that will be collected in a series of Comedy Death Ray graphic novels.  American Original, which has a publishing agreement with Top Cow, hopes that the comic books will spin-off into cartoons, TV shows, or movies.

Variety reports that American Original has assembled a formidable list of comic talents including Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Paul Scheer, B.J. Novak, and Janeane Garofalo.