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Black\u2019s Myth: The Key to His Heart<\/span><\/i><\/a>, a new punk rock horror comic from writer Eric Palicki and artist Wendell Cavalcanti, is debuting this month from AHOY Comics. It stars a werewolf PI and a djinn assistant working in Los Angeles\u2019 supernatural underground, and Palicki spoke to<\/span> Cemetery Dance <\/span><\/i>about its connection with <\/span>Black\u2019s Myth<\/span><\/i>, his influences, and where people can find out more about his various comics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Interview conducted by\u00a0Danica Davidson)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CEMETERY DANCE: How is <\/b>Black\u2019s Myth: The Key to His Heart <\/i><\/b>related to <\/b>Black\u2019s Myth<\/i><\/b>? Should people read<\/b> Black\u2019s Myth <\/i><\/b>first or does it matter?<\/b>\"cover<\/b><\/p>\n

ERIC PALICKI: The two volumes inform each other, and I’d be lying if I said the most enriching way to enjoy both these volumes is together, but I took great pains to make sure <\/span>The Key to His Heart <\/span><\/i>stands on its own for new readers. The first issue is a mostly stand-alone story that will catch up the uninitiated while also introducing new elements that change the status quo moving forward. I think free-standing first issues are important, and it’s something of a lost art. Whether or not you decide to continue reading past #1, I want to deliver a satisfying unit of entertainment for your comics dollar, something Ahoy does well, filling their books with backmatter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you enjoy about writing horror and noir comics? Did you grow up reading comics?<\/b><\/p>\n

I discovered comics around sixth grade, roughly around the time of Lee and Claremont’s <\/span>X-Men<\/span><\/i> #1, the founding of Image Comics, and the <\/span>Death of Superman<\/span><\/i>, all of which happened within the first two years-and-change I was paying attention. What a crazy time in the medium!<\/span><\/p>\n

Around that same time I was immersing myself in Stephen King, so I grew up with a rock solid foundation of both comics and horror, but I didn’t think to put them together until much later. Superheroes dominated the comics of my youth, and I didn’t discover books like <\/span>Sandman <\/span><\/i>or<\/span> Swamp Thing<\/span><\/i> or <\/span>Hellblazer <\/span><\/i>until early in my adulthood. At the same time, I was rediscovering<\/span> Buffy the Vampire Slayer <\/span><\/i>— a show I’d passively watched in high school — and realizing you can use the tropes of horror to drive characters as much as you can to frighten people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For me as a writer, it’s all about character, whatever genre I’m working in, but horror is perfect for comics, where someone like <\/span>Black’s Myth <\/span><\/i>artist Wendell Cavalcanti can delight in drawing big monsters. It’s a pleasure to give him the basic gist of something and see him work his magic. In addition to <\/span>Black’s Myth<\/span><\/i>, I recommend readers check out his take on the Lovecraftian Deep Ones in our previous collaboration, <\/span>Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What would you like readers to take away from <\/b>Black\u2019s Myth: The Key to His Heart<\/i><\/b>?<\/b><\/p>\n

The main theme of <\/span>The Key to His Heart <\/span><\/i>is that even good intentions can spiral out of control if you’re not paying attention. We’re introducing quite a lot of chaos into poor Strummer Mercado’s life in this second volume. It’s going to be fun for the readers, not so much for Strummer.<\/span><\/p>\n

AHOY Comics mixes horror and humor. How do you approach writing in this style?<\/b><\/p>\n

It’s a tightrope. I know<\/span> Black’s Myth <\/span><\/i>has the dubious distinction of being AHOY’s least funny book, but I think the book still has a distinct sense of humor. Buffy was a formative influence, as I’ve said, but the characters could cut the tension with a quippy one-liner. I think we manage that here, largely thanks to Ben Si’Lat, Strummer’s partner.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the influences for your work?<\/b><\/p>\n

These days, I’m re-reading Harlan Ellison’s entire library, as well as the comics of Kyle Baker, who weaves comedy into character-driven stories better than just about anyone in the medium. Stephen King. H.P. Lovecraft, although I don’t have much time for his racist xenophobia and I think writers like Laird Barron write better Lovecraftian horror than the man himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I won’t deny the influence of Joss Whedon and Warren Ellis, but I’ve been making a conscious effort to find other more diverse voices to fold into my own work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where can people find out more about you and your other comics?<\/b><\/p>\n

I maintain a somewhat ramshackle website at ericpalicki.com<\/a>, and I’m active on social media @ericpalicki.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you so much!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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