Kill Your Darlings mid-series check-in

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NEWS

1. The Hood is the next Ghost Rider starting in March 2024
2. Watch 'Spider-Punk: Arms Race' #1 trailer
3. Marvel released Ultimate Spider-Man #4 cover art and teaser
4. Marvel reveals new designs for upcoming 'What If?...Venom' #1
5. Get hype, Marvel releases 'Fall of the House of X' and 'Rise of the Powers of X' #4 art
6. Jorge Corona joins Daniel Warren Johnson’s ‘Transformers’ #7 as series artist
7. IDW and Paramount sign renewal deal for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics
8. IDW dishes on ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #150
9. DC Comics to release new edition of ‘Prez: Setting a Dangerous President’
10. New true crime graphic novel ‘Dr. Werthless: The Man Who Studied Murder’ coming summer 2024
11. Next movie monster series ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ coming April 24

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1 (Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto)
2. Sensational She-Hulk (2023) #4 (Rainbow Rowell, Ig Guara)

CJ:

1. Rise of the Powers of X #1 (Kieron Gillen, R.B. Silva)
2. Action Comics #1061 (Jason Aaron, John Timms)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

CJ - Uncle Ben is alive?! (Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1 (Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto)

Dave - Transformers #4 (Daniel Warren Johnson)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Avengers: Twilight #1 (Daniel Acuna, Chip Zdarsky)
2. CJ: Cobra Commander #1 (Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Wonder Woman #5 (Daniel Sampere & Tomeu Morey Cover)
2. CJ: James Bond 007 #1 (Dave Johnson Cover)

Interview: Kill Your Darlings - Robert Quinn, Ethan S. Smith, Griffin Sheridan (Kill Your Darlings #5 out next week) Issue 5 - January 17th 

1. Thanks for being on the podcast… for the second time! For those unacquainted with Kill Your Darlings, could you give us the elevator pitch?
2. If you had to sum up the difference between Act One and Act Two of the story in a word, what would it be?
3. The series has spanned multiple time periods, do you guys have a corkboard with red string going this way and that?
4. You’re coming off issue #4, which features people being ripped in half, magic swords, and lots of action, with previous issues being a bit more exploratory of the world and character. What went into thinking about plotting the larger story in this way?
5. 10
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7. Bob, your work drawing the sword fight is exceptional, to the point where I wondered, did you swing a big sword around to get the right amount of momentum in the body language?
8. At the core of this story is trauma and seemingly the spill off on our main character. Is this something you draw from your personal life, or were you inspired by something to go this route?
9. It appears the goopy rainbow stuff is evil or related to the enemy. What’s your beef with rainbows y’all!?
10. Issue #5 shifts gears again to another time and place, care to tease what’s to come this new comic book day?
11. The next two issues really go hand in hand with each other. What made 8 issues the right amount for this series?
12. What would the annual issue be?