How much does Jeremiah follow the original comic books by Hermann Huppen?
According to Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the world from the original graphic novel series (25 years and still going strong) and the world from the television series are treated as separate and distinct universes. Both can be enjoyed, and both go in different directions. Also, here is what Gregory Noveck (Jeremiah’s Co-Producer) said about it as well: Even though the premise from the comic book is somewhat different than the underlying premise for the series, the world is very similar and the character is virtually identical between Jeremiah and Kurdy. It’s that dynamic that truly drives the series and that’s what Joe [Strazczynski] latched on to.
J. Michael Straczynski is using the comic books as a jumping-off point only. The actual show will be quite different than Huppen’s comic books; fans will already notice differences in the first episode. While the story of the original Jeremiah comic books was primarily about racial war, this Jeremiah will center around what it takes to build a new world. Fans of the comic series might be dissappointed initially, but we urge you to give it a chance. More words straight from JMS: The book has been in print about 20 years and is in desperate need of updating; a lot of what was in the book was fresh at the time, but we’ve had any number of other post-apocalyptic stories in TV and film (A Boy and his Dog, Damnation Alley, Logan’s Run, the various Mad Max movies) along the way, and there has to be a totally fresh approach, something to bring the thing into the 21st century. They gave me complete free rein in doing so… (Oct.4.2000) There was an interview with J. Michael Straczynski in Febru
