John Harris Dunning on vampires and horror in LGBTQIA+ 'Summer Shadows'

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NEWS

1. Comic book artist John Cassaday passes away at 52
2. New X-Men series 'Magik' coming January 2025 [I’m very excited about this, especially because one of the Magik series (2000’s ‘Books of Magik’) wasn’t even about Illyana – it was about Kurt’s sister/lover dressed up as Illyana]
3. New solo X-Men series 'Rogue: The Savage Land' coming January 2025
4. 'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' announced for December 2024
5. Marvel sheds light on second annual 'Crypt of Shadows' #1
6. Marvel to end 2024 with 'Timeslide' #1
7. ‘HELLHUNTERS’ #1 to feature Ghost Rider ’44
8. The Thing takes over in winter 2024 variant covers
9. New Justice League membership card promo coming fall 2024
10. DC unveils Batman Day 2024 plans in movies, comics and more
11. J.H. Williams III's fully painted 'Dracula: A Storybook Portfolio' announced
12. 'G.I. JOE: The Movie' and Joshua Williamson signing coming November 13
13. Image Comics teases Grant Morrison project incoming
14. ​​Chris Roberson and Michael Avon Oeming unveil ‘The Shadow of the Golden Crane’

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Fantastic Four #25 (Ryan North, Carlos Gomez)
2. Star Wars #50 (Charles Soule, Madibek Musabekov)

Colin:

1. Time Waits #1
2. Gotham By Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age #4

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Colin - Avengers Assemble #1 (Lightspeed Shield)

Dave - Avengers Assemble #1 (Steve Orlando, Cory Smith)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: The Power Fantasy #2 (Kieron Gillen, Caspar  Wijngaard)
2. Colin: Dazzler #1

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Ultimate X-Men #7 (Mike Del Mundo Cover)
2. Colin: Spirits of Vengeance #1 (Skottie Young cover)

Interview: John Harris Dunning Summer Shadows #1 out Sept 11, art by Ricardo Cabral

1. John, thank you for guesting on the AIPT comics podcast! To start, Summer Shadows is out September 11 …last time you were on we were talking about your graphic novel Wiper, what made Summer Shadows better as a 4-issue series?
2. What are some of your favorite vampire stories, be it comics, books, or movies?
3. I understand the setting is Greece, a place you visit often, can readers expect the locale to be a “character” as some say?
4. The title is interesting…a play on Dark Shadows?
5. You’re working with Ricardo Cabral again, did you two start on this right after Wiper or was there a gap?
6. I love the yacht scene in this series, it’s so evil looking. What is it about yachts make them so evil?
7. If Summer Shadows was a song, what would it be and why?
   1. Summer time sadness lana del rey
8. Anything else you’d like to plug today?