INTERVIEW: Sebastian Girner and John Bivens talk THE DEVIL'S RED BRIDE

By Zack Quaintance — This week marks the debut of a new #1 from Vault Comics, which is always something we get excited about here on this website. We get even more excited about it when we’ve read the comic in advance, and when it’s a comic as outright excellent as The Devil’s Red Bride, a gritty and well-researched story of feudal Japan, complete of course with samurai and some truly excellent character-driven plot twists.

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INTERVIEW: Talking Black Stars Above with Lonnie Nadler and Jenna Cha

By Harry Kassen — If you’ve been following the Comics Bookcase Extra Eisners Reading List, you saw me gush about my love for the coloring work of Brad Simpson, and you saw that I specifically cited Black Stars Above as a standout book, and one of my favorites of the past year. With the release of the trade paperback this week, I had the opportunity to talk to Lonnie Nadler and Jenna Cha, the writer and artist of Black Stars Above respectively, to revisit the series and talk about inspiration, process, and future plans.

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INTERVIEW: Michael Moreci talks writing, Wasted Space, horror, and more

By Jarred A. Luján — One thing about writer Michael Moreci is that’s he’s ridiculously consistent. Everything from his licensed work to his creator-owned, Moreci has managed to hold down a level of consistently great output for several years. When he teamed up with Vault Comics, he really got to let loose, writing one of Vault’s most popular titles (and it’s first-ever ongoing) with his Hayden Sherman collaboration, Wasted Space, as well as leading the charge with Vault’s horror books by co-writing Mall with Gary Dauberman. In the last year, however, Moreci’s true breakout hit was with one of the best horror comics many of us have ever read: The Plot (co-written with Tim Daniel and illustrated by Joshua Hixson).

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