Wrestler/actor CM Punk spent some of his time away from wrestling writing comic books for DC and Marvel, and although he's an active wrestler on🅷ce again his comic writing career isn'ꩵt over.
In fact, he says he has a standing offer from an unnamed comic book publiꦓsherღ to do a creator-owned project.
"Marvel has never asked me to do anything creator-owned, but I have had other comp♓anies… there's a standing offer out ﷺthere so I can do creator-owned books," Punk says during an episode of the podcast. "I just don't, especially now, have the time… but it's always in the back of my head."
"It was fun, but writing is a different kind of pressure and I don't do welꦆl with deadlines," Punk says. "I'm positive I'll do more and I'll get back to it, but right now it's a little busy; I have more th𝕴an one job, and it's a little tough."
In addition to actively wrestling🐼 (and commentating) for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), he is active as𝄹 an actor under his real name of Phil Brooks. He has appeared in the films , Rabid, and , as well as the TV series Heels and Maron.
CM Punk is part of a long history of celebrities trying their hand creating comics.
Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner C🐠omic Industry Awards, ⛦the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)
