Lost Fantasy, the latest collaboration between writer Curt Pires and artist Luca Casalanguida, behind comics such as Money, comes out of Image Comics at the end of the month.
Set in a world of epic city fantasy, Lost Fantasy begins to unleash supernatural and fantasy, exploring what happens when magic, myths and mysteries threaten the world. Only Rookie Monster Hunter Henry Blackheart can stop the army that threatens life itself. Inspired by classic JRPGs such as Final Fantasy VII, Backup Tales also features Backup Tales, which continues Pires’ series Indigo Children.
Beat sat on the peer and discussed some of the influences behind the brand new series. Please read it!
This interview has been edited for clarity.
Jared Bird: How do you sell lost fantasies to unfamiliar people?
Something is killing the kids as a grounded take on the fantasy of Curt Pires: East of West fans. It tells the story of agents who patrol and protect our world from both mythical, monstrous creatures trying to cross into our world. There’s a bit of Harry Potter in the element that there’s an entire magical reality hidden beneath our own fabric.
Bird: What was it like working with Luka Kasarangida?
PIRES: It’s great – Luka is the perfect expert. This is the third book we’ve done together and is becoming the longest form collaboration ever.
Bird: Fantasy as a genre has recently been played a bit in comics, especially epic fantasies. What do you think is what attracts people once again?
PIRES: It’s like you said – fantasy is epic. There are ranges and scales that are difficult to compete. I think fantasy is a very traditional and trope-involved genre, so what we’re looking at now is creators and creatives who find ways to throw it into a postmodern blender and bring cool things about fantasy to the present.
Bird: How did your love for JRPGs affect comic storytelling? Was it difficult to adapt the storytelling method of that genre to another medium?
PIRES: One thing I think JRPGs and some of the best comics have in common is knowing how to take advantage of that childlike epic wonder. So I’m always trying to do that. You need cool creatures, cool character designs, and most importantly, a big sword. But it really has to be as visually interesting and exciting as everything is dramatically exciting.
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Bird: Have you consciously tried to make the World Building unique in the series, or did it happen organically?
PIRES: I wanted to deeply connect Terra’s history (the magical world below) to our own history, so the world would feel grounded and grounded, not just a stereotypical fantasy world. One way we achieve this is to show how our world interacts and crosses at various points in world history.
Art by Luca Casalanguida
Bird: What other works would you recommend to readers who enjoyed the lost fantasy?
PIRES: I’m truly proud of the other works of Image Comics, Olympia and Indigo Children. Both series are collected in trade paperbacks and I think it will appeal to fans of Lost Fantasy. Other than that, he has been launching a comic owned by another creator alongside Amilcar Pinna for several months through DSTLRY, known as Galactic.
Bird: Thank you very much.
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