Teen drama meets sci-fi meets Curt Pires in ‘It’s Only Teenage Wasteland’

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Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #2 (Matthew Rosenberg, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Francesco Francavilla)
2. Quick Stops #1 (Kevin Smith, Jeremy Simser)

Nathan:

1. Hell to Pay #1 (Charles Soule, Will Sliney)
2. Hulk #10 (Donnie Cates, Ryan Ottley)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Deadpool #1 (Alyssa Wong, Martin Coccolo)

Dave - Hell to Pay #1 (Charles Soule, Will Sliney)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Fantastic Four #1 (Ryan North, Iban Coello)
• Nathan: WildC.A.T.S. #1 (Matthew Rosenberg, Stephen Segovia)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (Stegman)
• Nathan: Batman: Urban Legends #21 (Jorge Fornes)

Interview: Curt Pires - It’s Only Teenage Wasteland - December 07, 2022  - FOC November 14

• This is an unconventional dystopian story, I’d hate to ask you for the pitch so I’ll take a stab at it, Ferris Bueller meets Warriors meets Max Max, accurate?
• Was breaking the fourth wall always in the cards or did it come organically while you broke story?
• You’re using an unconventional scene direction/detail format with big black boxes with white text, why did this work for the book?
• What made now the right time for this series!
• There’s a character named Fogelman, a person who became a friend due to those being cruel to him, did you have a Fogelman in your life in high school?
• lorn Michael’s said in a recent interview, saying the 4 years you're in high school are the longest years of your life. You have no money, no car, and just staying up late with friends was a really exciting thing. And thus, folks say the best cast is the years they were in high school…skipping the last bit, is there truth to that?
• Part of the magic of teenage wasteland is the group dynamic, how did you come to this specific group?
• The art by Jacoby Salcedo is impressive with a detail with character acting that’s tops, what has it been like working with him?
• Something I really like with this series is the pace, and it’s never holding back details but goes for it, are you ever pondering “this could work even better as a slow burn?”
• The title reminds me of The Who, was that track on repeat while writing this?
• The sister is specifically not yet 18, given the title is that important?