GWW: How do you feel your work compares to other works within the genre of “crime comics?”ĮB: It’s not really up to me to say how our books compare to other crime comics. There’s something fascinating about that. Everyone is different than you really think they are. Most of the people I know have done things they’re not proud of, I know I have, so it gives me a chance to explore that a bit – the way people have complex sides to them. GWW:-Follow up: Heroes as archetype, heroes with so many gray areas what draws you to that type of storytelling?ĮB: It’s probably because most real people are complicated. But they both have a sense of justice underlying a lot of their decisions But Leo and Tracy, at least, are both decent people who do bad things. I think, though, as far as main characters go, in Criminal, most of them have a strong moral code, although they don’t follow the law. I’m always more interested in creating interesting characters and exploring what they’ll do when they get into bad situations, or when they bring bad situations upon themselves. I think most good crime stories are focused much more on character than plot, which is probably why I’m so attracted to writing crime fiction. I mostly follow gut instinct when I write. Geeks WorldWide: Throughout the Criminal series you had to create some incredibly morally ambiguous character perspectives is that what your goal was when you began to write this series?Įd Brubaker: I don’t know if I’d say that. Without further delay please enjoy 10 questions with Ed Brubaker. We were lucky enough to talk with him about his hit series Criminal that’s soon coming out with a 10th anniversary issue. He’s written characters like Catwoman and Daredevil along with well known series like Gotham Central, Fatale and more recently The Fade Out. Ed Brubaker is a well known name in the comics industry having worked for the Marvel, DC and Image.

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