ADD is back with a fantastic Five Questions for Ed Brubaker discussing Brubaker’s new Marvel ICON series, Criminal. In it, Brubaker discusses how Criminal will be different from Sleeper:

“Sleeper seemed to go far into the extremes of human behaviour — lust, greed, murder, betrayal. I’d expect we’ll see more of the same in Criminal, but short of duplicating “The Sleeper Formula” (for lack of a better term), how will Criminal be different?

Criminal is casting a much wider net, in a way. Sleeper was very much about one man and the elaborate trap he was in, and Criminal is about a bunch of different people who all live outside the law, or under its radar, at least. And since they’re all new characters, it’s like I get to just unfold this whole new world in the pages of our book. But also, to go in a different direction than Sleeper, most of the characters are pretty realistic. I think even our first main character, Leo, is more realistic than most of the criminals you see in movies or comics, because he uses his head and doesn’t want to be involved in violence, and he really doesn’t want to go to jail.”

Oh, and if you’re a journalist, Brubaker wants to bend your ear:

“But beyond that, I’m lining up a lot of print and online interviews. I’ve got a big feature set-up with a pop culture journalist for the Seattle Times, and his stories often get picked up and run all over the country. With the way articles about comics go lately, I’m optimistic about those chances. And I’m working to get a lot of the weekly papers around the country to write features around the time we publish. It’s a lot of hustling really, and asking readers and friends to do some hustling too. I honestly think we’re going to do pretty well with the book, and I’ve already been fielding a fair amount of interest from Hollywood , but I figure better safe than sorry. So, if there are any journalists out there reading this, contact me at: edbrubaker@gmail.com and give me some coverage, man.”

Go, read, promote, rinse and repeat.

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