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"Green Man has been announced by Mohawk Media. The publisher is launching a comic series based on the mythological figure with roots in Paganism under its paperless Eco Comics imprint.  &amp;quot;Green Man has come to represent the environmental movement and our endangered eco-system, and so has more relevance now than ever. It is therefore fitting that his comic book debut will be entirely paperless and published by Eco Comics,&amp;quot; said the firm in a statement. Writer Chris Bunting has teamed up with artist John-Paul Howard for the series, which debuted this week across a variety of digital formats. Bunting said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve written a number of cultural heavyweights but the Green Man is extra special. The mystery surrounding him makes him very intriguing, while an artist&amp;#039;s sketches dating from the 1230s could make him the first comic book-style character in history. &amp;quot;Yet in almost 800 years since, I don&amp;#039;t believe that he has ever been given his own story, let alone comic book - until now. &amp;quot;It is even more remarkable considering that the Green Man influenced Treebeard in J.R.R. Tolkien&amp;#039;s Lord of the Rings, Puck in Shakespeare&amp;#039;s A Midsummer Night&amp;#039;s Dream, and so many comic book characters.&amp;quot; Green Man will become the official mascot of Mohawk&amp;#039;s Eco Comics line as the publisher embarks on a number of initiatives to promote environmental awareness. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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