How hard is it to plot a mystery comic book?
Mike Murphy: Plotting a mystery never seemed that hard to me; come up with the drive of the story (Bill killed Amy because of Blahbiddy-boo, for etc….), and then fast forward to your main character discovering the body, or the crime scene, or whatever. The hard part is covering the main plot up, throwing in convincing red herrings, and keeping the readers guessing. It’s like a magic trick as story. It’s all about misdirection. TEP: The art of Celina Hernandez blends as well with your style in Red Town and Bodies as Sir John Tenniel’s art blended with Lewis Carroll’s prose or Ralph Steadman’s art meshed with Hunter S. Thompson’s writing. How much input do you have into her art design? MM: Red Town we do differently than just about everything else we work on, or have worked on. If I have a very specific look that I’m going for, I’ll do the layouts for that issue. Then, sometimes, if I think she’ll come up with a better look and/or angle, I’ll let her run wild. Then there are times when I
