As reported by Newsarama, Zachary Quinto is stepping into the comics arena.  Zachary and his production company Before the Door Pictures, are developing comic books in a partnership with Archaia Comics. The details were releasesd Saturday at Comic-Con during the Achaia panel.  Achaia is also partnering with Roddenberry Productions to release their new comic 'Days Missing'.

Quinto, who isn't the first person from Hollywood to turn his attention to the comics industry, said his intention is not to just use the medium to develop movies.

"Our goal is to tell good comic book stories," Quinto told Newsarama. "I know there's a little bit of skepticism among true comic book die-hards where Hollywood sweeps in and sort of makes up stories so they can go off and spin them into multi-million-dollar franchises. And that's really not our goal.

"I think Archaia and our decision to work with them is emblematic of our desire to be ambitious in our story-telling within this medium," he said. "Our primary goals are to tell good stories, to align ourselves with great artists, and to see where that goes. That's not to say we aren't open to the evolution of those stories down the line. But our first priority is to be respectful and to be successful within the comic book world."

Before the Door Pictures was started a year ago by Quinto and his business partners, Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa.

"I was in a situation where I was able to generate opportunities for myself and not just sit around waiting for people to tell me it was OK to be a part of this project or that project," Quinto said. "Our foray into comic books is one aspect of a diverse platform of development that we have going on in terms of film and television and internet-based storytelling."

Although he admitted he wasn't a comic book fan as a kid, he became aware of the opportunities for storytelling within comic books after his involvement in the Heroes television show.  (source Newsarama)

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