The final word on Veronica Mars . . . ?

We've known for over a month now that Veronica Mars was cancelled. Dead. Kaput. There were some who kept hope alive with a viewer campaign involving Mars bars, but that work was apparently in vain.

Now there's this interview with series creator Rob Thomas at BlogCritics in which he mentions that DC Comics is interested in continuing it as a comics series. I thought it was interesting when Joss Whedon started Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 8 as a comic, but that kinda sorta made sense, being a fantasy series and all. Veronica Mars, on the other hand, is a fairly straight teen detective soap opera. Very interesting.

Thomas is apparently hard at work on a new series, Miss/Guided starring Judy Greer (yay!). And Miss Mars herself (Kristen Bell)? She has a couple of movies coming out soon, including a Judd Apatow-produced comedy called Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

So RIP Veronica Mars, at least until we see you in the funny pages.