
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Daniel Clowes is adapting his Eisner-winning story Death Ray for Jack Black's Black and White production company. Variety says Black will produce and take a small role.Death Ray was published in the most recent issue of Clowes' "Eightball" comic. Clowes plans to update the protagonist from a teenager to an older man who has to deal with having super powers while living a normal suburban life.