 The 242-page graphic novel was serialized in weekly online installments at ComicMix, and was completed in 2009.Print rights to the book were acquired by IDW Publishing, who issued the series as a two-volume set in 2010 and 2011.He has called this project "The other 'most satisfying' book of my career (aside from the "Batman Annual" #8) is "The Original Johnson" – the first book I’ve ever written and drawn."