CM Punk joins Marvel as comic book writer

Former WWE Champion CM Punk officially joined Marvel as a comic book writer, the company announced Monday.

The idea of CM Punk (real name Phil Brooks) to join Marvel was brought about in 2011 and finally came to fruition Monday.

Along with the announcement, Marvel posted a Q&A with CM Punk to talk about the partnership and the motivation behind it. Here are a few highlights:

When asked if he's ever written a comic book before, CM Punk said:

"No. No. [Thor annual editor Jon Moisan] forwarded me a bunch of scripts that I can look at, like specifically he's sending me Thor books, and he sent me scripts for them so I can see how scripts can be broken down into the actual comic book form. He sent me normal ones and he sent me Marvel Method, so I'm, I guess, learning on the job, which is pretty exciting. I also think it'll bring a different perspective to the way certain stories are told."

When asked about how the creativity of being a wrestler affect how he approached the endeavor:

"You know, I think I'm more suited for it just because I've been reading comic books my entire life. Wearing tights in front of thousands of people and kind of, almost play-acting, I think down the road, it might give me some sort of insight depending on what kind of characters I'm writing and what the story is, but I'm not really sure it prepared me so much for being able to script a comic book."

"I'm definitely prepared to fall flat on my face, I think. If anything, [wrestling] got me used to understanding that failure is part of a process, and the only real failure is if you don't try. Like I could be nervous and bite my fingernails, worried that I think my book is gonna be a piece of crap, but I could be not doing it, and that would be the true failure."

For the entire Q&A, visit Marvel's website HERE.