![]() ![]() He then presented his crush with a whole Zita comic book. The admirer from Indiana gave Zita a new outfit and added a green cape. “She had done these series of short little comics when she was in high school about this future girl named Zita so I was like, ‘I’m going to develop this character.'” ![]() ![]() “I stole the idea from this cute girl I met at Christendom College,” he told the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Arlington. “I feel like I’m always coming clean when I tell this story,” said Hatke, as he sat next to his desk, covered with pens, paper, tiny action figures and a Madonna and Child statue. What many of the fans don’t know, however, is that Zita was not Hatke’s idea. The story, and subsequent trilogy, became a hit with readers who have become big fans of Hatke’s work. “Zita the Spacegirl” chronicles the adventures of young Zita as she braves the unknown in pursuit of her friend who vanished after pushing a mysterious red button. ![]() The rights to his first graphic novel, “Zita the Spacegirl,” was picked up recently by Fox for a movie and there is hope that one day Hatke’s brave characters will make it to the big screen. ![]()
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