Review Fix Exclusive: David Doub Talks ‘The Trails and Tribulations of Miss Tilney’

June 12, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Books & Comics 0

Review Fix chats with comic book writer David Doub, who discusses “The Trails and Tribulations of Miss Tilney.” Breaking down the inspiration and goals for the book, Doub lets us know just how influential the series has been to the Dusk Comics brand.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this book?

David Doub: I’ve never been one for steampunk, but I do love the Victorian era.  You could almost call it the teenage years of human development where we thought we had all the answers and were putting on airs because of those assumptions, but we still had a long way to go.  It’s fun to have cold modern logic and old world superstitions still living side by side each other.

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

Doub: This is the first book we’ve ever done like a traditional comic, full color and only 32 pages each.  Content wasn’t the issue it was the learning curve of production.  But that is one of the joys of comics, there is always something new to learn.

Review Fix: What do you think makes it special?

Doub: For Ms. Tilney I tried to emulate the old penny dreadful where the stories were just lurid fun for the common folk.  To further that feel, there are backup text pieces just like what a real penny dreadful would have.

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

Doub: Our intrepid aspiring reporter, Ms. Tilney, delves further into the mystery of the murderous tigers.  Aided by such colorful allies, who line the grim Doctor and lustful Lord Harwood, Ms. Tilney may have any sides to this mystery that is safe for her.

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

Doub: I loved superhero comics as a kid, but my eyes were opened during the 90s where all the Indy comics and styles started to break out.  From Vertigo to Tundra, Caliber to Millennium there were so many comics doing their own thing showed I could too.

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

Doub: Horror fans.  Steampunk and Victorian fans.  Action adventure fans.  People who enjoy a fun and witty comic.

Review Fix: What is special about the art here?

Doub: The eye for detail we put into the setting and locale of 1890 London.  We try to be authentic as possible without making it a history lesson.  To the Old Vic theater to the stylings of the Gibson girl we did our research.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Doub: Volume 3, the closing chapter of this arc is currently being colored.  Also, some progress is being made on the next story arc.

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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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