Strange Adventures
I recently got to write my first-ever comic, “All the Pretty Ponies”, a short about reality-hopping and exploitation, in Vertigo’s Strange Adventures anthology, available at good comic stores everywhere. (In South Africa, I’d recommend Outer Limits or Reader’s Den).
I chatted to Pamela Mullin about the experience over at the Vertigo blog.
Here’s a snip:
L.B.: [Artist] Inaki Miranda was amazing. He conveys so much emotion even in his sketches and I found that, just like in animation, the real magic is in collaboration. It was only after I saw his line work that I realised how much the illegal mind-connection HURT. It was so obvious! But only apparent when I saw the art.
Everyone was just really generous, open to input and patient when I was still figuring stuff out. I think Eva de la Cruz’s colouring adds so much richness and depth. And it was fantastic working with Shelly Bond as an editor – as someone who appreciates the finer detail of a bullet tearing through flesh, but also what colour nail polish the protagonist is wearing (silver – thank you for asking. And I have to point out that Sofia’s shoes are inspired by a fabulous pair that Shelly owns.)
Read the rest of the interview over here
Read a write-up on the anthology (that also includes stories by Paul Cornell, Kevin Colden and Brian Azzarello) over at Weekly Comic Book Review.
And here’s a sneak peek at the artwork from page 1 of “All the Pretty Ponies”
