Creators on the Couch - Erica Schultz 6

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

References:

• Erica’s website
• Erica’s interview on ITK - Anthony (34:19)
• Key & Peele - Text Message Confusion - Erica (57:10)
• Dirty Dancing “I carried a watermelon” - Erica (65:17)

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