I got a chance this week to pose a few Questions to the Luna Brothers, creators of Ultra, Girls and The Sword. Younger brother Joshua has released his first solo work, Whispers, for Image Comics. Whispers #1 is on sale now. On to the interview!
Whispers is the first solo outing for Joshua Luna of the Luna Bros. The story follows Sam, a young obsessive compulsive germophobe who discovers he has the ability to ‘ghost’ people he knows simply by thinking of them. The opening scene sets up the story perfectly. We are introduced to all of Sam’s social quirks (and there are many), and I felt an instant warming to the character.
Sam’s ghost like ability is intriguing – no one can see him, and he can here and subtly manipulate there thoughts.
This week in On the Cover we look at the amazingly talented Jonathan Luna. The Luna Brothers are first and foremost storytellers, and Jonathan's interior art reflects that. He is not flashy, just a good, solid story teller - an amazing sequential image artist. Jonathan Luna’s covers reflect that talent for storytelling, and he embodies the old adage ‘a picture tells a thousand words’. Hit Read More... for some examples!
This week is an art heavy roundup as Dan Hipp channels an immortal trickster, Ben Templesmith hacks and slashes, Kieron Gillen discusses mutant rights, Jonathan Luna does a non comic related painting, Chrissie Zullo draws a beautiful girl, Grant Morrison is a wizard, Bryan lee O’Malley refuses to move on, Eric Canete plays around with a bazooka, D&A raise the dead, Skottie young goes depression era thug and Brandon Graham analyses his current state of mind.
This week Dan Hipp does zombie Zelda, Greg Rucka talks Shakespeare, Bryan Lee O’Malley goes freaky friday, Peter David condemns anonymity, The Luna Bros do girl on guy, Brian Azzarello creates a new dialect, Charles Soule gives away a story, Brian Wood goes SNIKT, Fabio Moon presents a cover, Peter Milligan asks the hard questions, Skottie Young didn’t actually post anything this week and Robert Crumb gives an interview that will bring joy to your inner nerd.
This week Dan Hipp channels his inner Willy Wonka, Mike Carey plays video games, Terry Moore shares his trash, Dave Gibbons talks about...erm...Watchmen, Gabriel Ba draws some houses, Kate Beaton puts some cartoons together and calls it a book, Jamie McKelvie offers an Icelandic nymph, Georges Jeanty doesn’t watch Buffy, Jonathan Luna makes Steve rogers a girl, Joe Hill makes a list, Brian Wood makes a sign, Bryan Lee O’Malley makes a Mario level and Chrissie Zullo makes pretty pictures.
