Like discovering a muscle I didn’t know I had. It’s been really fun to lean into the scary, gross, horror aspects of the art.
Outside of a few guest stars, I think our book operates in its own little dark corner of the Marvel Universe.
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No matter what I’m writing-take a look at WOLVERINE (2020) and X-FORCE (2019)-it bends toward the upsetting, the dreadful, the uncanny.ĬORY SMITH : Personally, I treat our GHOST RIDER series like straight-up horror, forget the balance. I probably rented as many horror VHS tapes as a kid as I ate grilled cheese sandwiches, so it’s just part of my creative DNA. Ghost Rider is one of those unique Marvel characters that combines Super Heroes with horror: How do you strike that balance?īENJAMIN PERCY : My brain is hard-wired for horror. I can almost imagine him throwing up the devil’s horns and head-banging every time he finishes a page. But if we’re talking old school stuff, I was really into SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE and “ Rise of the Midnight Sons” when I was younger it felt to me like a Metallica album.Īnd that’s what Cory has brought to the series: that heavy metal sensibility. I wanted to be that brave with the horror we’re undertaking. The work he did on “ Road to Damnation” with Crain was so unapologetically raw and dark and elemental. And Ed Brisson and Aaron Kuder’s series from a few years back is a standout too they were doing some great and inventive things in that book.īENJAMIN PERCY : Ennis for sure. Those stories were dark and unpredictable, with deeply religious themes, and the artists really created a unique world for it all to play out in. That book had a real, brutal grindhouse aesthetic that fits Ghost Rider like a glove. What are some of your favorite Ghost Rider stories from the past? And do any of them influence your current run?ĬORY SMITH : I really liked the Jason Aaron/ Roland Boschi/ Tan Eng Huat series from 2006. He was guest-starring in like every third title back then, and I still have the cover to X-MEN (1991) #9-Ghost Rider versus Wolverine drawn by Jim Lee -seared into the back of my brain. That flaming skull is the coolest design in comics.ĬORY SMITH : I grew up on the Marvel comics of the 90’s, so Danny Ketch was my intro to the Ghost Rider.
And at garage sales and convenience stores, I was always drawn to the horror titles. But when I did get to a store, I’d be pulling back issues of GHOST RIDER from the dusty bins. Prior to working on this title, what were your experiences with Ghost Rider?īENJAMIN PERCY : I moved all over as a kid, and I was often living in rural areas, so I rarely had a comic book shop I could visit with any regularity.
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