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Inferno rules, Blade is back, and Curt Pires talks crime fiction series Memoria
Episode Summary
Your weekly recap of comics news and reviews! Plus, comics writer Curt Pires joins the show to discuss Memoria, out this week from ComiXology. We talk crime fiction, inspiration for the series, writing about serial killers, and how incredibly personal this series and its characters are to Pires.
Episode Notes
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NEWS
- George Perez updates fans about his health
- Marvel unveils Destiny of X details for new X-Men era
- Marvel & Jim Rugg give Hulk the GRAND DESIGN treatment
- ‘Captain Carter’ #1 coming to Marvel Comics in March 2022
- Marvel announces ‘Devil’s Reign’ #1 and ‘Venom’ #2 getting second printing
- Marvel and TASCHEN team up!
- Marvel reveals 2022 Free Comic Book Day titles including Avengers, X-Men, and more
- Tom Taylor announces exclusive contract with DC Comics
- DC Comics unveils 'Shadow War Alpha' Batman crossover event
- DC Comics announces ‘Naomi Season Two’ #1 for March 2022
- Kickstarter’s switch to crypto platform alarms creators
Standout KAPOW moment of the week:
Nathan - Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 (Danny Lore, Dylan Burnett, Mike Spicer)
Dave - Inferno #3 (Hickman, Venditti, Silva, Stefano Caselli)
Our Top Books of the Week
Dave:
- Inferno #3 (Hickman, Venditti, Silva, Stefano Caselli)
- Dark Knights of Steel (2021) #2 (Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri)
Nathan:
- The Swamp Thing #10 (Ram V, Mike Perkins)
- One-Star Squadron #1 (Mark Russell, Steve Lieber)
TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
- Dave: Amazing Spider-Man #81 (Saladin Ahmed, Carlos E. Gómez)
- Nathan: Batgirls #1 (Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jorge Corona)
JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
- Dave: The Thing #2 (Kevin Eastman)
- Nathan: Tis the Season to Be Freezin’ #1 (Pop Mhan cover)
Segment: Interview with Curt Pires
- I'm a big fan of Lost Falls, which recently wrapped up and next up is Memoria (out next Tuesday 12/7). I'm always curious, when were these stories first started as an idea, then scripted, and then finally finished? Can you walk us through the timeline a bit?
- Memoria is a story our heroes are an old and sick detective and a young burnout detective, why are these types of detectives well suited for your story?
- The art by Sundando C and colors by Mark Dale add a level of realism we don't often see in detective stories of any kind (movies, comics), can you talk a little bit about the approach with the art and textures?
- Whenever a serial killer story pops up I ponder, did the writer research every serial killer ever? How much research went into Memoria?
- The quotes in the back of each issue feel almost like clues for the reader, as if we should read it and ponder its significance to the story itself, is that the case or did you use these for a different effect?
- For what it's worth, loved seeing a Blood Meridian quote at the end of issue #3.
- The solicit text calls this TRUE DETECTIVE meets LETHAL WEAPON Curious if you could comment on your opinion of True Detective and Lethal Weapon?
- Do you have a favorite DAVID FINCHER film?
- How do you approach writing dialogue? I noticed in the Memoria #1 advance copy, the slang is subtle, but it's there.
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou's lettering is something else with memoria, with no border on the word balloons, and ballons sort of gliding past each other never touching, were there prompts as far as lettering ideas? What was the process like?
- As someone who reads a lot of comics, I was curious if there are any specific comics you're reading right now that you're enjoying?
- With YOUTH currently in development with Amazon Studios is there anything you can talk about in regards to its development?