Bon voyage to Moon Knight. How he – and my comic brain – developed
This week’s issue of Moon Knight – the conclusion of the Shadowland event – will be my last.
When Marvel asked me to consider tackling Moon Knight, I told them I’d only do it if I could do something really different, as the character’s last reinvention – at the hands of Charlie Huston (and taken over by Mike Benson) – had been solid, innovative, and clever. It had reintroduced Moon Knight to a new generation of readers while keeping a great, dark, street edge on the character. I didn’t want to do more of the same because I feared I would only be doing a pale imitation of what they had already done so well. So my decision was to do Moon Knight BIG, bigger than any comic I’d yet written. My early work focused on the Foolkiller, Punisher, and Wolverine – street-geared, noirish crime stories where the killer-hero toted a gun, a sword, or a samurai blades attached to his hands. This was a natural transition for me coming out of my novels, particularly off the Tim Rackley series, which I considered my action-meditation on vigilante justice.
New Comics and Bad-Ass Covers
Sorry I’ve been a bit behind schedule posting here – been busy in the writer’s room for V.
Here’s the skinny on new comics – I have a story called RED MERCURY in a Super Issue, art by CP Smith and one of my favorite covers of all time by Rafa Garres.
Marvel released a collection of Vengeance of the Moon Knight 1-3 so folks can catch up.
A new Moon Knight featuring Deadpool comes out next – pencils by Tan Eng Huat, Dan Brown on colors (and cover by Adi Granov).
And the last in the SHOCK AND AWE first arc of Vengeance came out – KNIGHT FALLS. Pencils by Jerome Opena (and Jay Leisten), colors by Paul Mount, cover by Leinil Francis Yu. I had a blast writing this arc, and I’m glad it’s come to its conclusion…Full steam ahead!
Moon Knight #3: The Bushman Cometh
Recognize this purdy face from your childhood stack o comics? Well, he’s back – steel teeth and all – in comic shops today. Hope you enjoy. And for those of you snooty folks who only read well-reviewed comics, get a load of this. See – you can read comics AND feel good about yourself! (The other day I was stretched out in bed reading me some Goon and my wife came in and regarded me with cocked eyebrow and I remarked, “Not now, dear, I’m working.”).
I shall end comic book Wednesday with two Questions of the Day: From which comic is the following line (my new favorite line)?: “That thing don’t kill you….It mates with you.”
And the second question is thus: “Which famous performer gave his baby daughter the middle name CrimeFighter?”
Moon Knight #2 Cover (and Zombie Variant!) and Signing
Is there anything better than a zombie variant cover? I thought not. MK2 hits stands today – go early since #1 sold out in a day (wa-hoo).
I’ll be signing today at: Galaxy of Comics, Van Nuys, from 12:30-2.
MK 2
MK 2 Zombie Variant
