Fantastic places and grief: Tom King talks ‘Helen of Wyndhorn’

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1. IDW adds superstar artists to new ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ 2024 series
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6. New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Publisher Gungnir Hopes to Hit Its Target

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. G.O.D.S. #4 (Hickman, Valerio Schiti)
2. Resurrection of Magneto #1 (Al Ewing, Luciano Vecchio)

Nathan:

1. Detective Comics #1081 (Ram V., Riccardo Federici, Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman)
2. Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9 (Various)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Resurrection of Magneto (2024) #1 (Al Ewing, Luciano Vecchio)

Dave - Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9 (Mitch Gerads)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Batman And Robin 2024 Annual #1 (Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter)
2. Nathan: Moon Man #1 (Scott Mescudi, Kyle Higgins, Marco Locati)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Batman / Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual #1 (Jamal Campbell Card Stock Cover)
2. Nathan: Miguel O'Hara: Spider-Man 2099 #5 (Clayton Crain Cover)

Interview: Tom King (Drawn by Bilquis Evely and Mateus Lopes) - Helen of Wyndhorn (#1 out March 13, 2024) FOC this weekend.

1. Tom, thanks for being on the AIPT comics podcast!
2. How do you approach character development in your storytelling, particularly when working on brand new characters?
3. The tone and structure feel indebted to Robert E. Howard and maybe even Lovecraft. Were there any other classical authors you turned to in constructing the narrative?
4. I’ve been loving your use of captioning in The Penguin of late, but really all of your captioning shows a strong sense of character and storytelling. When scripting a story like Helen of Wyndhorn, do you start with captions or elsewhere?
5. Early press materials compared this series to Conan the Barbarian and Wizard of Oz, both evoke fantasy, weirdness, and fights, can we expect all those and more in this series?
6. Do you have a favorite iteration of Wizard of Oz and a favorite run on Conan the Barbarian?
7. I’ve loved Bilquis’ work since first seeing her work with Sugar & Spike, with Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow under your belts, do you have a shorthand working on Helen of Wyndhorn?
8. Something I’ve adored about your work is how to pushes the comics format, which I especially saw with Danger Street.
   1. Is this something you’re conscience of? Are you toying with anything in comics format with Helen of Wyndhorn?
9. I imagine we’re in for some creatures in this series, what goes into creature design from your perspective?
10. Last time we spoke you had said Danger Street was done and getting finished, Gotham City Year One was finished, have you scripted every issue of Helen of Wyndhorn?