MTV Splashpage was recently able to interview Dave Roman, co-writer of Zuko's Story, which is one of two mangas being released in conjunction with Paramount Picture's The Last Airbender. Also written by Alison Wilgus and illustrated by Nina Matsumoto, Zuko's Story is a prequel to the film's story that focuses on the origin and background of the banished Prince Zuko, son of Firelord Ozai. In an exclusive interview with MTV Splashpage, Dave spoke a bit about the manga, which releases tomorrow via Del Ray:

MTV NEWS: How familiar were you with The Last Airbender before taking on this project? You worked at Nickelodeon Magazine for a while, so I assume you were pretty familiar with Aang and Zuko already...

DAVE ROMAN: I was actually there when the TV show first started. Whenever there was a new show on Nickelodeon, if it was successful enough we would do a comic based on the show for Nick Magazine. Those were usually just one- or two-page comics. So I was working with the creators of the show, Mike [Dante DiMartino] and Bryan [Konietzko], specifically Aaron Ehasz, who’s the head writer on the show. We specifically wanted to do comics that were really canon - comics that fit into the continuity of the show and you could actually pinpoint what episodes these comics would fit between and stuff like that.

Be sure to read the rest of this very interesting interview over at MTV Splashpage. Also, if you haven't done so already, you can order your copy of Zuko's Story via our Amazon Store.