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Jed MacKay on July’s Moon Knight, & going big with Magic and Black Cat
Episode 119
Published 5 years, 1 month ago
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NEWS
- Marvel announces ‘X-Men’ #1 team lineup for July relaunch
- And the X-Men Vote winner is… Banshee
- Image Comics announces 3-issue fantasy noir ‘Syphon’ out July 2021
- Battle Chasers: Joe Madureira revives the hit series after 20 years
- Walking Dead's Rick Grimes Wields Michonne's Lightsaber in New Kirkman/Ottley Comic
- The HUGO AWARDS 2021 finalists have been announced!
- 'United States of Captain America' #2 to intro new hero Nichelle Wright
- ‘X-Men Legends’ #5 kicks off ‘X-Factor’ story by Peter David and Todd Nauck
- ‘Amazing Fantasy’ returns with new #1 from Kaare Andrews
- DC reveals Future State: Gotham art
Our Top Books of the Week
Dave:
- Home Sick Pilots #5 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)
- Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #1 (W: Joe Hill, A: Gabriel Rodriguez)
Nathan:
- Batman: The Detective #1 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Andy Kubert)
- Phantom on the Scan #1 (W: Cullen Bunn, A: Mark Torres)
TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
- Dave: Way of X #1 (W: Simon Spurrier, A: Bob Quinn)
- Nathan: Way of X #1 (W: Simon Spurrier, A: Bob Quinn)
JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
- Dave: Haha #4 (Michael Shea)
- Nathan: Way of X #1 (Jay Anacleto variant)
Segment: Jed MacKay - Magic (the Gathering), Black Cat (Michael Dowling), Avengers Mech Strike, Taskmaster (just wrapped up), and upcoming Moon Knight in July (art by Alessandro Cappuccio).
- Jed, congratulations on launching Magic at BOOM! Studios last week. When approached to write this one, how did you begin to hone your story when you’re working off a universe that’s huge?
- There’s clearly a love for this universe on display here. Were you a fan of Magic the Gathering going into the project?
- Of course, there are cards you can purchase to understand the lore of Magic the Gathering, but are there any books you used as a resource when creating this world?
- Was there anything in Magic #1 that Ig Guara positively crushed and surprised you with?
- Black Cat #5 is out this week and kicked off a new story arc called The Gilded City. Given what is stolen in this issue...will you ever run out of things to heist and do you have a running list of items for Black Cat to steal?
- Infinite Destinies is slated to start in June, but it was delayed due to COVID! Was the series of annuals completed and shelved, or was it pencils down until a new release date was set?
- What a busy summer for you, with Moon Knight launching in July. Congrats! Your interview with comicbook.com goes into Khonshu being imprisoned in Asgard which means Moon Knight