Why Nat Turner?
KB: It’s an amazing story. A slave becomes a leader of an army into a battle they have no chance of winning. Turner evaded capture for a long time. It’s a very suspenseful, violent tale. I want the book to be as powerful as Maus. People today don’t really understand how horrible slavery was. It wasn’t that long ago. The atrocities need to be documented and repeated to future generations so that this never happens again. CWN: What are the challenges of doing biographical work in comics form? KB: The structure can’t be changed. For example, in “King David” it would have been more dramatic to have David kill the villain Saul in a big climatic battle, but that wasn’t the way things went. CWN: What other projects can we expect from you in the next year? KB: I need to catch up on my works in progress. I have six more issues left in my Plastic Man contract, and I need to finish Nat Turner and my Cowboy Wally and Bakers animation. Cartoonist Volume 2: Now With More Bakers is coming out in June
