Creators on the Couch - Erica Schultz 6

Capes On the Couch - Where Comics Get Counseling

04/03/24 • 110 min

We sit down for the SIXTH time with writer Erica Schultz in advance of the release of Rat City. Get comfy, folks, this is our longest creator interview yet - almost TWO HOURS LONG!

Intro
Background
- What would it take to get you on a Marvel ongoing?
- Dream character & artist/team?
X-23: Deadly Regenesis
- Why go back to this period of Laura’s life?
- Created Haymaker, a transmasc non-binary MMA fighter, as the main villain - how did that come about? (21:20)
Hallows Eve (28:31)
- New evolution for Janine Godbe/Elizabeth Tyne/Mary Bailey/Sarah Porter
- Powered masks: did you come up with the masks first and then their impact on story, or was it “what’s the story?” and then work the masks in?
What If: Dark Moon Knight (34:08)
- How did you select this particular jumping off point? Moon Knight vs. Bushman happens so many times, why this one?
- Nice to see Marlene take an active role in a MK story, even if it’s not necessarily clean
Daredevil: Gang War (50:06)
- Previously written Matt as Daredevil, now Elektra: how to write legacy characters with different voices
- What’s it like working on an event tie-in? How much freedom do you have for story you want to tell within obvious constraints, how much editorial oversight, etc?
Rat City (77:15)
- How did you get this gig?
- Spawn cover for Deadliest Bouquet, now an actual Spawn book!
- What led to this expansion of the Spawn universe?
- How much do you have to understand Spawn to follow this story?
- Love the commentary on soldiers being chewed up & spit out, flaws of capitalism, etc.
Any new stories coming up?
- Blood Hunters & Darth Maul Black White & Red: - more Marvel mini/tie-ins
Ending
- Plugs for social