Review Fix Exclusive: David Doub Talks ‘Dusk’

June 10, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with comic book writer David Doub, who discusses the goals and story structure of “Dusk.” Letting us know that the series is more than just something cool for horror and vampire fans, Doub breaks down the reasons why the series is so special.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this book?

David Doub: Living in the modern world where everything is known and can be explained, I like there to he some mystery to how things work in the world.  Also mystery and a sense of wonder doesn’t always mean it shedding light onto things.  Sometimes during your explorations you find where the light ends and what lives in the darkness.

Or the simple answer to the question is I like the grand tragedy that is the vampire myths.

Review Fix: What did you learn from the previous volumes in the series?

Doub: Dusk is made up of separate and individual stories and I think I’m getting the hang of making the different stories connect and flow better and still each stand out.

Review Fix: What do you think makes it special?

Doub: I think Dusk stands out because it’s messy and complex. Yes, a lot of fiction is escapist fantasy, but I like to think Dusk is more relatable because the characters struggle like we do in our lives, just at more dramatic scale.  I’ve done a lot of research on the original Gothic and one of its core tenants was that there is beauty in the sublime and the grotesque and I try to follow that in the latest volume of Dusk.

Review Fix: Without giving anything away, what is the crux of the story?

Doub: With volume 3 we explore more of the past and relationship of our heroine Eve and her vampiric benefactor Ash.  It’s not a straight storybook romance, but that is where the tragic beauty comes in from such a dark world.

Review Fix: Did any comics you read as a kid play a role in this one?

Doub: I grew up on comics during the 90s Indy black and white boom.  And vampires fit so well with black and white.  Also, since there were no corporation rules or troupes of superheroes to follow creators then really got creative with making comics.

Review Fix: What type of comic book fans will enjoy this the most?

Doub: Horror fans.  Old school vampire fans.  Drama fans.  People who enjoy a good comic.

Review Fix: What is special about the art here?

Doub: Each chapter has a different artist to help change the tone and expectation of each story.  Perceptions are always changing and affect how people respond to a given situation so we literally change perspective by changing the art.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Doub: We are trying something different by doing the first Dusk novel.  It will be interesting how much trouble we can get the characters into with all that room a novel affords us.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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