Starlight Runner Entertainment has announced that it is launching a publishing imprint with comics based on the upcoming feature film, Band on the Run. The as-yet-unnamed imprint will eventually publish not only comics, but also graphic novels and fiction. 

 

The first Band on the Run comic book mini-series will begin in early 2005, and will be a prequel to the story in the film.  A second series will be published in conjunction with the film's release. 

 

Band on the Run is a 'snow boarder heist adventure' produced by Romano-Shane Productions (Catch Me If You Can; I, Robot) and Handpicked Films. 

 

Starlight Runner produced a series of 36 comics based on Mattel's Hot Wheels property for in-packs with the toys last year.