Comic Book Conversations

Deadpool cover by Mike Hawthorne & Nathan Fairbairn; Gerry sketch by Skottie Young; Analog cover by David O'Sullivan Back in 2012, writer Gerry Duggan entered Deadpool’s hectic world. Now, he’s wrapping up the memorable Marvel run while also returning to Image Comics for two new titles and writing even more for the House of Ideas. In this fifth edition of Comic Book Conversations, Gerry explains what it was like writing Deadpool for about half a decade, why his new series Analog deserves a spot on your pull list, and what it’s like being such a busy writer. Now, let’s get to know Gerry a little better! Cover by David O'Sullivan GREGG KATZMAN: I've read that you worked at a comic shop when you were younger. While you were there, did you ever imagine that you'd become a successful comics writer and have the opportunity to write stories for so many Marvel characters and even help shape the publisher's universe? GERRY DUGGAN: No, never. If I had...

Ethan Sacks (writer) Marco Checchetto (artist) Andres Mossa (colorist) VC’s Joe Caramagna (letterer)   Old Man Hawkeye #2 is a lot like the first issue, and if you read my review of that issue , you know that’s a really good thing. This awesome-looking and highly entertaining second chapter continues to embrace the brutal nature of the Wastelands and serves as a solid prequel to Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Old Man Logan.   Millar and McNiven’s hit story created an ugly and bleak alternate version of the Earth. The heroes have fallen and the cruel, heartless villains have taken control. Instead of trying to go bigger and bolder than the original story, writer Ethan Sacks is wisely choosing to play around in the sandbox that Millar and McNiven have created. Stuff like Bullseye becoming a marshal is a brilliant move – it only makes sense that someone so bloodthirsty and devious would thrive on this world. I’ve always wondered how ridiculous it would be if the Ve...

There are plenty of terrific T’Challa tales to read after seeing director Ryan Coogler’s comic book movie. From Black Panther’s first appearance in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four #52 to his critically-acclaimed stories by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze, there are dozens and dozens of comics that are worthy of your attention. There are lots of options to choose from, but one story always sticks out to me: See Wakanda and Die (Black Panther #39-41), by writer Jason Aaron, artist Jefte Palo, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer VC’s Cory Petit. Taking place during Marvel’s Secret Invasion event, the Skrulls (alien shape-shifters) have infiltrated the Earth and taken positions of power. Now, the extraterrestrial conquerors have their sights set on Wakanda because they want to take the nation’s vibranium (a rare metal that can absorb vibrations and energy). Wakanda has never been taken over by an outside force, though, and the Skrulls will not be the ones t...