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Exclusive Interview: “The Jewish Deli” Writer / Artist Ben Nadler

 

Despite what you may think, the woman in the classic rom-com When Harry Met Sally who says, “I’ll have what she’s having” isn’t looking to have an orgasm in the middle of a restaurant; she just wants a sandwich so good that it makes you cry out in ecstasy. And you can only get that in a Jewish deli like Katz’s, the one in Sally. But what if you’re not familiar with Jewish delis, or know what’s different about them from regular delis? Where can you go to learn about Jewish delis? Well, okay, there’s a movie, but given the title of this piece, you should know where this is going: to my email interview with Ben Nadler, the writer and artist of a new graphic novel called The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide To The Chosen Food (hardcover, Kindle). L’chaim.

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Exclusive Interview: “Super Trash Clash” Author / Artist Edgar Camacho

 

If you grew up playing video games, then you grew up with the frustration of some well-meaning relative buying you a terrible game you didn’t want and not the one you did. But while that’s also the indignity that Dul suffers in the graphic novel Super Trash Clash (paperback, Kindle), Clash writer and artist Edgar Camacho says in the following email interview that you need not be a frustrated gamer to understand, and enjoy, this heart-wrenching story.

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Exclusive Interview: “Rise Of Dracula” Writer Rich Davis

 

In the 125 years since Bram Stoker first published Dracula, a great many of his fellow writers have put their own unique spin on the character. But Rich Davis’ graphic novel Cult Of Dracula may be the first that, as he says in the following email interview, is, “…set within the friendly confines of a Manson Family inspired cult.” But this interview isn’t about Cult; it’s about the second installment of this comic book trilogy, Rise Of Dracula (paperback), in which Davis continues the story by veering even further from the Dracula we know and love.

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Exclusive Interview: “Free Pass” Writer / Artist Julian Hanshaw

 

I don’t need to tell you that societal norms and social mores are constantly changing, especially in areas of sex and sexuality. But in Julian Hanshaw’s new graphic novel Free Pass (paperback, Kindle), he not only explores the titular sexual practice, but, as he explains in the following email interview, he does so by injecting it with some science fiction.

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Exclusive Interview: “Marvel: Crisis Protocol: Shadow Avengers” Author Carrie Harris

 

In her new novel Marvel: Crisis Protocol: Shadow Avengers (paperback, Kindle), writer Carrie Harris gets to send Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and other Marvel Comics characters on an epic adventure. But it’s not one that’s related to the comics, or based on the movies and TV shows, or connected to the video games; instead, it’s inspired by the miniatures game Marvel: Crisis Protocol made by Atomic Mass Games. In the following email interview, Harris discusses what inspired and influenced this novel, as well as how it connects to the game she loves to play.

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Exclusive Interview: “Glork Patrol Takes A Bath” Writer / Artist James Kochalka

 

In the following email interview about his new graphic novel Glork Patrol Takes A Bath (hardcover, Kindle), writer and artist James Kochalka stopped for a moment while explaining the plot to admit, “The more I try to explain these books to you the less sense they make.” But as anyone who’s read any of Kochalka’s previous books will attest — be it Tiny Bubbles, Kissers, or Quit Your Job — esoteric plots are par for the course for this iconic indie comic book scribe and illustrator.

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Exclusive Interview: “Bloody Hel” Writer / Artist Clayton McCormack

 

The idea of mixing fantasy and history is not new. Mike Mignola’s Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comics have been doing it for years, as have the Wolfenstein games, and David Mack’s Dark Arts novels did it as well. But unless I’m mistaken, writer and artist Clayton McCormack is the first to send Vikings into the first World War. As for what the Vikings think of this idea, well, for that you’ll just have to read McCormack’s new graphic novel Bloody Hel (hardcover, digital). In the following email interview about it, McCormack discusses what inspired and influenced this horror / fantasy / history mélange.

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Exclusive Interview: “Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero” Author E. Lockhart

 

While reading fiction can take you places you might never imagine, the same can also be true of writing it, professionally-speaking. Take author E. Lockhart, whose work as a novelist led her to write Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero (paperback, Kindle), in which she not only introduces a new superhero, but — in a case of turnabout being fair play — also introduces a super sidekick with literary roots of her own.

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Exclusive Interview: “Dune, The Graphic Novel” Artists Patricia Martín & Raúl Allén

 

While it’s been fifty-five years since Frank Herbert published his epic sci-fi space opera novel Dune, its influence is still being felt. And no, not just in Star Wars stories. Not only is the novel being adapted into a pair of movies by Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve, but there’s also a spin-off TV series in the works called Dune: The Sisterhood. But for those who’d rather read this epic (again), there’s a new graphic novel adaptation, one that’s drawn by illustrators Patricia Martín and Raúl Allén. In the following email interview, Martín and Allén discuss what went into the visual side of Dune, The Graphic Novel, Book 1 (hardcover, Kindle), the first of a three-part adaptation.

Please note: All answers come from both Patricia and Raúl unless otherwise indicated.