<\/p>\n","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Angela Slatter","post_excerpt":"Castle Full of Blackbirds","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-angela-slatter","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-06 16:25:14","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-06 15:25:14","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=208211","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":208068,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-09-02 18:57:11","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-02 17:57:11","post_content":"With the launch of her new comic, Rangers of The Divide II: Into the Depths<\/em> #1, next month from Dark Horse Comics, we got a chance to sit down and chat with writer, artist and creator Megan Huang. <\/span>Her work can be seen in many titles including Double Jumpers<\/em>, Princeless<\/em>, Aggretsuko, Rick and Morty<\/em>, Jia and the Nian Monster<\/em>, Jenny Zero<\/em> and Star Wars: Hyperspace<\/em>.<\/span>\n\nCould you please tell us a bit about yourself?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nHello! Yes! I\u2019m a Canadian comic artist hailing from the Greater Toronto Area. I\u2019ve been a comics professional for about 6 years now? Probably going on seven. Ah, my brain has a unique concept of time, haha! <\/span>\n\nFor any of our readers who are not familiar with the\u00a0Rangers of The Divide\u00a0series, what can you tell us about the series?<\/span>\n\nSo, the series follows a group of cadets and their very secretive and rather abrasive commander. After a mysterious force starts to terrorize their lands, the Rangers and their companion dragons set out across dangerous wilds to find and stop said force. <\/span>\n\nHow long does it take to create an issue of\u00a0Rangers of The Divide<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nOh dear\u2026 it depends. But I think the fastest I\u2019ve gone is maybe a month and a half. Lately I\u2019ve taken on a lot more work outside of Rangers, so the pages have come in slower than I\u2019d like. 6 (or 7) years and my time management is still a mess!<\/span>\n\nDo you have a favourite scene from the first series?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nI think the entire Squall Owl chase was super fun. I feel I managed to capture what I was imagining fairly well on the pages, which is super duper crazy hard. I have a similar sequence in series 2 that takes up most of an issue. Just an action-packed ride! And it gets my blood pumping even as just the creator to draw the scene, so I hope readers feel the same way when they dive in. <\/span>\n\nHow important is pre-ordering for an independent comic?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nOh very important! It tells the stores to stock more, and it tells the publisher to push the book more. It\u2019s just good all around for the longevity of the series\/ book, as comics can very easily, flop, not simply due to a mere lack of quality, but due to a lack of backing. We really do rely on readers so much, and we definitely appreciate when we have that backing from fans!<\/span>\n\nWhat part of the creative process did you enjoy more, the writing or the art?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nHm\u2026 I\u2019d have to say the art. I think for series 1 it was the writing, but now I really just like seeing a page come together. That may be my impending deadlines talking though!<\/span>\n\n Creators<\/span><\/p>\n\n Parasomnia: The Dreaming God #3 Covers Revealed<\/span><\/p>\n Writer: Cullen Bunn <\/span><\/p>\n Artist: Andrea Mutti <\/span><\/p>\n Letterer: Simon Bowland<\/span><\/p>\n Variant cover: Jonas Scharf<\/span><\/p>\n On sale: 10\/19<\/span><\/p>\n Cullen Bunn (Harrow County) and Andrea Mutti (Bunny Mask) return with their hit adventure tale of two worlds split between dreams and reality.<\/span><\/p>\n Moving forth between two different worlds\u2014a bleak present day reality and a cutthroat cyberpunk future, our hero continues to search for his missing son while facing down various madmen and monsters in these two nightmare worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Parasomnia: The Dreaming God #3 Covers Revealed","post_excerpt":"Moving forth between two different worlds","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"parasomnia-the-dreaming-god-3-covers-revealed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-06 17:05:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-06 16:05:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207933","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207923,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-07-15 14:00:06","post_date_gmt":"2022-07-15 13:00:06","post_content":"The Lonesome Hunters #2<\/span>\r\n\r\nAfter fleeing their tenement during a monster magpie attack, Lupe finds herself a pupil to an aged monster hunter and on the run from ancient evils determined to take them down and retrieve the relic they protect.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWriter: Tyler Crook<\/span>\r\nArtist: Tyler Crook<\/span>\r\nCover Artist: Tyler Crook<\/span>\r\n\r\nPublication Date: July 20, 2022<\/span>\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"207924,207925,207926,207927,207928,207929\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","post_title":"The Lonesome Hunters #2 Preview","post_excerpt":"From Tyler Crook","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-lonesome-hunters-2-preview","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-22 22:18:53","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-22 21:18:53","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207923","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207915,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-07-12 18:58:12","post_date_gmt":"2022-07-12 17:58:12","post_content":"As the colony ship, the Arno, closed in on its destination, life for the inhabitants suddenly became dangerous and the mission to reach the alien artifact compromised. A lone boy could save the operation, but at what cost?<\/span>\n\nSix years ago, deep in space aboard the Arno, young Oliver spends his days in school, with his little brother and his family, and\u2014as the imaginary Space Boy\u2014battling Wargles. When he\u2019s given a family heirloom, a compass, he and his father, Wyatt, are led to the discovery that the ship may be in grave danger. Hundreds of years into the mission to reach the alien artifact, Wyatt is determined to investigate his suspicions. But when his probing leads nowhere, he is rebuked, demoted, and ironically thrust into the source of the danger . . . Disaster aboard the craft leaves only Oliver to face a choice that will drive the course of the rest of his life, all while he must learn to cope with his new reality. Can he continue the voyage to reach the artifact?<\/span>\n\nIn the present, Oliver\u2019s new earthbound friend, Amy, was kidnapped during the South Pines homecoming dance by agents of the organization that is running his mission, the First Contact Project. In the aftermath, high schoolers are left reeling from the disappearance of Amy. As Zeph, Cassie, and David struggle to make sense of the tragedy, Amy begins to adjust to her new life at FCP headquarters. She finds unexpected allies as she tries to get a handle on her situation, uncover more about the shadowy organization, and what its goals are for Oliver and herself.<\/span>\n\nA teenage girl who belongs to a different time, a teenage boy on a lone mission in space, an alien artifact, a mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years comprise the core of this touching sci-fi opera.<\/span>\n\nBy: Stephen McCranie<\/span>\n\nCollects: Volumes 10-12<\/span>\n\nOn sale: 4\/5\/23 in comic shops and 4\/4\/23 in bookstores <\/span>","post_title":"Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Omnibus Volume 4 Cover Revealed","post_excerpt":"Six years ago","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"stephen-mccranies-space-boy-omnibus-volume-4-cover-revealed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 16:46:51","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 15:46:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207915","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207890,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-29 15:00:55","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-29 14:00:55","post_content":"With the launch of his new imprint Flux House next month with Dark Horse, we got a chance to sit down and chat with writer and artist Matt Kindt. His works include MIND MGMT<\/em>, BRZRKR<\/em>, Eniac<\/em>, Revolver<\/em>, 3 Story<\/em>, Super Spy<\/em>, 2 Sisters<\/em>, Pistolwhip<\/em> and Dept H<\/em>. <\/span>\n\nHi Matt, we are so excited to have you here with us. We have to say congratulations to you on your new imprint Flux House.<\/span>\n\nYour Flux House imprint is launching in July; can you tell us about the origins of Flux House?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI saw Salvador Dali\u2019s lobster phone at the museum. If you haven\u2019t seen it, it\u2019s exactly what you\u2019d imagine. I was looking at that phone and I saw an artist who was constantly having ideas or \u201cnotions.\u201d The ideas weren\u2019t always painting. Probably always surreal. But most importantly \u2013 I saw an artist having fun. It\u2019s ridiculous. Fun. Looks cool. That idea came from someone who\u2019d been doing what he was doing so long that he was just having a great time making things. <\/span>\n\nThat\u2019s this. So now, imagine that the lobster phone actually had an interesting narrative attached to it. Back story. Characters you care about. And imagine that that story told in comic book form. But the book is a little odd, Bigger. Smaller. Maybe covered in hair because that story is about an evil reincarnated Egyptian cat. Or maybe the book is about spies so the cover is a paper grocery bag so it can be \u201cdisguised\u201d on the shelf at your local comic shop. That\u2019s Flux House. It\u2019s a dash of the absurd and the fun \u2013 but connected to narrative that has heart and soul. Not just art for art\u2019s sake \u2013 even though on the surface it might seem it. <\/span>\n\n A TALE OF TWO WAR BOTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n From the mind that brought you \u2018Resident Alien\u2019<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\nMILWAUKIE, Ore., (June 27, 2022)\u2014<\/strong> Dark Horse Books and Steve Parkhouse (Resident Alien<\/em>, Milkman Murders<\/em>) are proud to present War Birds<\/strong><\/em>. Steve Parkhouse along with writer Geoffrey D. Wessel (Keeper<\/em>, Takedown<\/em>) join together to bring this thrilling tale of friendship and survival!<\/span>\n\nTwo renegade AI minds want to simply make conversation\u2014not war! When a bipedal, independent robot soldier makes a unique connection with an injured, flying drone, they flee the warzone they\u2019re in to seek lives of their own. Their military builders want to destroy them, though, while a sympathetic pair of humans tries what they can to free the errant \u2019bots from military service!<\/span>\n\n<\/a> War Birds <\/em><\/strong>trade paperback will be in comic shops March 8th, 2023 and bookstores March 21st, 2023. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore for $19.99.<\/span>\n\nPraise for Resident Alien<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\u201cResident Alien #1 is a refreshingly original take on the classic whodunit murder mystery formula, and feels a bit like a fun mash-up between Diagnosis Murder and the X-Files\u201d \u2013 Newsarama<\/em><\/span>\n\n\u201cSteve Parkhouse keeps the visuals of this book easy on the eyes and perfectly represents the quaint town lifestyle.\u201d \u2013 Comicosity<\/em><\/span>\n\n\u201cThe concept has me riveted, the art has me in awe. Resident Alien continues to be promising and I am eagerly awaiting the next issue.\u201d \u2013 Comics Bulletin<\/em><\/span>\n\nAbout Dark Horse Comics <\/span><\/strong>\n\nFounded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics is an excellent example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant. Over the years, Dark Horse has published the work of creative legends such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, and Gerard Way. In addition, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing exciting new creative talent throughout all of its divisions. The company has also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, including Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Dragon Age, James Cameron\u2019s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, StarCraft, The Witcher, and Halo. Today, Dark Horse Comics is one of the world\u2019s leading entertainment publishers.<\/span>","post_title":"Dark Horse Announces War Birds","post_excerpt":"Two renegade AI minds","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dark-horse-announces-war-birds","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 17:01:03","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 16:01:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207878","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207864,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-15 15:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-15 14:00:12","post_content":"Writer: Bartosz Sztybor\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nPenciller\/Inker: Roberto Ricci\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nColorist: Fabiana Mascolo\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nLetterer: Frank Cvetkovic\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nCover Artist: Roberto Ricci<\/span>\r\n\r\nVariant cover artist: Max Fiumara\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nOn sale: 9\/7\/22<\/span>\r\n![\"rangersotd_2itd\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rangersotd_2itd-666x1024.jpg\")
\n\nWhat was the feedback like from the first series of\u00a0Rangers of The Divide<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nIt was positive from what I recall. People would reach out to say how much they loved it and that made my day every time. I did get one odd comment though from a review where they said the dragons looked more like Pok\u00e9mon. You can take that either way, but I like Pok\u00e9mon, I think a lot of us do, so I personally see it as a positive thing, even if that wasn\u2019t the intention.<\/span>\n\nHow did\u00a0Rangers of The Divide<\/em>\u00a0find a home at Dark Horse Comics?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nOh, well, I think my work on Jia<\/em> and the Nian Monster<\/em> before Rangers, had a part to play. I was able to work with veteran editors and of course, and Mike Richardson himself, on that one, so I think that held some weight when pitching Rangers. Though it certainly could easily have been rejected too if the art or story or just everything in the pitch wasn\u2019t up to par. Overall, I\u2019m grateful that it has a home here!<\/span>\n\nThe last issue of\u00a0Rangers of The Divide<\/em>\u00a0ended on a cliffhanger for the Commander and the cadets. What's in store for them in\u00a0The Divide II: Into the Depths<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nMore creatures and more drama for sure. But also\u2026 more questions! Though the origin of the Juggernaut slowly begins to be answered. I can\u2019t say more than that. But I think it\u2019s gonna be a fun ride.<\/span>\n\nFor anyone who has not read the first series of\u00a0Rangers of The Divide<\/em>; will Rangers of The Divide II: Into the Depths<\/em> be new reader friendly?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nWe tried to make it so that it would be accessible to new readers. But I think there will honestly be some disconnect if you didn\u2019t read arc 1. Though if you\u2019re simply in it for cool new creatures, and strange new lands, you should be totally fine! Series 2 has a lot of that. <\/span>\n\nThe first issue of Rangers of The Divide II: Into the Depths\u00a0<\/em>will be available on October 26th; what can readers expect from the second series of\u00a0Rangers of The Divide<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nLots of underground jazz. Jazz as in events, not actual jazz, haha! this series goes subterranean, so I hope to surprise people with a whole new world in Into the Depths. <\/span>\n\nAny message for the ComicBuzz readers?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nYes! Please read my comic! Haha! But on a serious note, thank you for taking the time to read through all my ramblings here. <\/span>\n\nA big thank you to Megan for chatting with us; we wish her the best of luck with her new series Rangers of The Divide II: Into the Depths<\/em>.<\/span>","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Megan Huang","post_excerpt":"Rangers of The Divide II: Into the Depths","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-megan-huang","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-06 16:26:42","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-06 15:26:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=208068","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":208008,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-08-17 20:01:39","post_date_gmt":"2022-08-17 19:01:39","post_content":"Overwatch: New Blood #5 Cover Revealed<\/span>\n\nWriter:<\/strong> Ray Fawkes <\/span>\n\nPeciller\/Inker:<\/strong> Irene Koh <\/span>\n\nColorist:<\/strong> Mariel Rodriguez <\/span>\n\nLetterer:<\/strong> Deron Bennett & AndWorld Design <\/span>\n\nVariant cover:<\/strong> Leslie Hung <\/span>\n\nOn sale: 11\/16\/22<\/span>\n\nAs D.Va and the rest of MEKA Squad watch the Null Sector attack unfolding in Paris, D.Va requests permission to contact Overwatch. Korea has its own omnic threat to worry about though, so her request is denied. But when a new enemy turns the streets of Busan into a battlefield, MEKA Squad find themselves outnumbered . . . and out of time. Will wave after endless wave of omnics prove too much for even D.Va to defeat? Variant cover by Leslie Hung (SNOTGIRL)<\/em>!<\/span>\n\n![\"OVRWMC_i5_VAR_B\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/OVRWMC_i5_VAR_B-629x1024.jpg\")
","post_title":"Overwatch: New Blood #5 Variant Cover Revealed","post_excerpt":"Variant cover by Leslie Hung ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"overwatch-new-blood-5-variant-cover-revealed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-06 16:45:49","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-06 15:45:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=208008","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207956,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-08-02 17:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2022-08-02 16:00:07","post_content":"From New York Times<\/em> bestselling and Harvey award-winning graphic novelist Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski (Crimson Flower<\/em>) comes the next chapter in the conspiracy-laden and mind-twisting universe of Mind MGMT<\/em>.<\/span>\n\nThe former leader of Mind MGMT recruits a powerful new member to assemble a team of the most talented agents of all time to build the organization anew--taking our hero all the way from India to Japan to find these new mental soldiers and to compete against all the new threats since Mind MGMT went obsolete.<\/span>\n\n* Cover C variant is a special polybagged cover, drawn by Jim Rugg, and contains a special Mind MGMT<\/em> playing card!<\/span>\n\n \t
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\n\nYou have been working with Dark Horse since 2010; what is it about Dark Horse that you enjoy working with them?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nThey published 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man<\/em> years ago \u2013 and have supported me ever since. Mike Richardson is running things and he just has this rare pure love of comics. He\u2019s been a champion of my stuff for as long as I\u2019ve known him. And he and all the staff at Dark Horse have supported and believed in me over the years to the point they\u2019re trusting me to push comics as far as they can go\u2026or at least as far as I can get them. I want to make books that you don\u2019t just have on your shelf \u2013 but when your friends come over \u2013 that book is the one they pick up and ask \u201cwhat\u2019s this?\u201d<\/span>\n\n![\"mindmgmtboot1b\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mindmgmtboot1b-666x1024.jpg\")
\n\nFor anyone unfamiliar with MIND MGMT<\/em>, how would you describe it?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nShort answer is \u201cspies with mind powers.\u201d But now imagine reading a book about that \u2014 but the book you\u2019re reading is actually a recruiting tool that is trying to get you to become a secret agent. A book that is literally trying to tap into the abilities and thoughts you have\u2026and exploit them. That\u2019s kind of what it\u2019s like. It\u2019s a book, a story, a single issue that is always going to be more than it seems. There are hidden messages. Subliminal messages. And a fun spy\/action\/mind-bender of a story.<\/span>\n\n![\"mindmgmtboot17\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mindmgmtboot17-666x1024.jpg\")
\n\nWhat can you tell us about MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nIt has the worlds\u2019 most dense 50-panel comic-book page ever created. The script for that one page is 4 typed pages long. So there\u2019s that. It\u2019s also genuinely a good jumping on point if you\u2019ve never read MIND MGMT. You can start here. In fact \u2013 this series is a recruitment device designed for you to be indoctrinated into the world MIND MGMT. After that, there is the original 36 issue series and a board game. It\u2019s a lot \u2013 but this is the best place to start. Dip your toes in\u2026we\u2019ll let you know if you\u2019re right for it. (laughs)<\/span>\n\n![\"mindmgmtboot18\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mindmgmtboot18-666x1024.jpg\")
\n\nWhat is the ethos of Flux House?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI wrote a letter to the entire team at Dark Horse that kind of went like this: If it\u2019s fun, let\u2019s do it. If we\u2019ve always done it that way? Let\u2019s try it a different way. If we do it that way because all the other ways are a disaster then\u2026well, let\u2019s do it in the way that isn\u2019t a disaster. But however we do it \u2013 when we\u2019re doing it \u2013 let\u2019s not be bored. Do not be bored with the work! Let\u2019s do things that make us nervous \u2013 that might fail \u2013 but if they don\u2019t \u2013 will be super cool. <\/span>\n\nWhen you were conceiving MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>, did you always have the idea of it; being illustrated by other artists?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nDefinitely. I want the series to feel like maybe I didn\u2019t approve of it. Bootleg. Like it got hijacked by some punk artists that didn\u2019t ask me permission. Like those Mexican Spider-Man comics \u2013 that have completely different storylines. It\u2019s Peter Parker but\u2026something is completely different. I want old-readers of the series to be uncomfortable and a little worried and new readers to be\u2026well, uncomfortable and a little worried as well.<\/span>\n\n![\"mindmgmtboot19\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mindmgmtboot19-666x1024.jpg\")
\n\nHow did you select the artists working on MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nA lot of factors went into it. First \u2013 I\u2019m fans of all of them \u2013 and I\u2019ve worked with them all in the past to a greater or lesser degree. So after that \u2013 it was really just introducing a new character in every issue \u2013 and casting the artist with that character\/story point \u2013 so the art would complement the new character. So the art style and feel of that issue would reflect the character and their unique POV. It was not something I\u2019d ever done before and I think it ended up being great than the sum of parts\u2026it\u2019s crazy in the best way.<\/span>\n\nYou are a writer and an artist; what do you enjoy being more, a writer or an artist?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI don\u2019t really separate the two. It\u2019s all idea driven. Words and pictures working together. When I\u2019m not drawing it\u2019s more like playing in a band where we complement each other to create this thing where we\u2019re playing separate parts of the same thing. And on my own \u2013 it allows me to really punish myself. 50 panel pages. Extra text on the page edges. See-through covers. Pages designed to be burned, cut, or torn. One of my favorite signings I ever did was with David Rubin when Ether came out \u2013 and he was drawing and signing and then I was drawing a little extra thing on or around his drawing and reacting to it \u2013 every one was different \u2013 and we had these little mini-conversations through art and on the fly\u2026all while he was serving little shots of some coffee liqueur to everyone that showed up. That\u2019s a little microcosm of how books should be made.<\/span>\n\nWhat has it been like collaborating with Farel Dalrymple, Jill Thompson, David Rub\u00edn, and Matt Lesniewski on MIND MGMT: Bootleg?<\/span>\n\nLike sitting at a signing where we all draw on someone\u2019s book and David serves us coffee liqueur. (laughs) \u2013 but not much different. I know I had fun \u2013 and I hope they did \u2013 at least to my face they\u2019ll say it. I realize my scripts for MIND MGMT are\u2026a lot sometimes. But at the end of the day \u2013 we have a series like no other. And I\u2019m still on speaking terms with everyone and I\u2019m still a huge fan of each one of them. I consider that a success. <\/span>\n\n![\"mgmtbook\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mgmtbook.jpg\")
\n\nWe understand there is a version of MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG <\/em>that comes with a playing card; can you tell us more about this playing card?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nEach issue will have a special MIND MGMT playing card. This is the 53rd card. Designed to work with any deck of standard cards. Ideally \u2013 you get all four and put them into your deck. On the face is all new art \u2013 but also new rules that will make, break, distort, and\/or warp ANY card game you play. I collaborated with the designers that I worked on the MIND MGMT board game with (Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim) and they wrote rules that will work with (or against) almost any game you play.<\/span>\n\nThe beauty of the cards is, they\u2019re art \u2013 you can use them as a bookmark. Or you can put them in a normal deck of cards. When you draw the card \u2013 your opponent(s) will know you have one of the 4 special cards. But they won\u2019t know which one. Paranoia ensues. Are you going to play it? Which one is it? It\u2019s an extra game outside the game. MIND MGMT for real. <\/span>\n\nCan you give us any teasers about future titles releasing from Flux House?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nSure. This is what I have planned for the next two years\u2026without spoiling the titles: <\/span>A \u201csuper\u201d spy, a hulking detective, an evil (maybe) cat, a reporter stranded on a cosmic planet, 1,000 teenage superheroes, a barbarian, and a universe-hopping villain\/hero.<\/span>\n\nA big thank you to Matt for chatting with us; we wish him and <\/span>the rest of the team, the best of luck with Flux House and MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>.<\/span>","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Matt Kindt","post_excerpt":"Flux House","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-matt-kindt","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 16:56:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 15:56:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207890","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207878,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-27 14:00:21","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-27 13:00:21","post_content":"![\"cyberpunk2077_b4b\"](\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cyberpunk2077_b4b.jpg\")
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\r\n\r\nIt hurts. Night City hurts. The suffering runs deep and the deeper one falls, the longer the self-prescribed dreams play. Fortune, hope, love--all made possible by DMS technology. But not everyone desires a happy ending. A braindance repairman discovers the answer to pain . . . comes in a blackout.<\/span>\r\n\r\n* The third comic series from Dark Horse based on CD Projekt Red's hit video game Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>!<\/span>\r\n\r\nTo submit to weakness or to defeat it--Arturo finds that giving in might just be the key to breaking the cycle. And if second chances exist--life can be worth choosing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n
