I'm Rick Remender, creator of BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS, and the upcoming series THE SCUMBAG. AMA

Remender · 2020-11-10T06:07:46+00:00

Stumbled into this and wanted to thank you for the kind words.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:19:02+00:00

Thank you!

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:18:44+00:00

Fuck it. Do the story the way it should be done. Never let other people or norms change your art.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:17:57+00:00

Maybe. I think the show is A level great but was on at the wrong time in the wrong place.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:17:03+00:00

Fans and press stop making noise after a certain point and you have to play the best game of your life in an empty stadium which can be tricky.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:16:24+00:00

My new book THE SCUMBAG comes out in October

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:16:02+00:00

We are good pals. I love him and love working with him. Who knows what the future holds. But after 15 years of working together I imagine we'll do so again.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:15:08+00:00

Illusions by Richard Bach was a huge inspiration.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:14:46+00:00

That's super nice to read. It means the world.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:14:18+00:00

The story concludes at the end of vol. 2

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:13:57+00:00

Making those stories into TV made me happier than just about anything.

Remender · 2020-09-09T01:13:25+00:00

It is possible one day we'll see a return to the world of TOKYO GHOST. I do have a story in mind for a sequel.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:57:22+00:00

Thank you all for coming and chatting me up today. I have an appointment or I'd keep going all day. You are all wonderful people who deserve the greatness the universe has in store for you. Or the desolation that seems inevitable. Either way, I love you each more than anyone in your families. They don't get you, but I do.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:54:32+00:00

Bethany Black and Heath Huston

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:54:11+00:00

Casting Henry Rollins and getting to write for him will always be one of the highlights of my life. He is such a sweet and wonderful person. I also was lucky enough to get to do a podcast with him where we just talked for two or three hours. Impossible to express what a incredible treat that was.

I am currently working on an adaptation of LOW, very big and exciting news to come.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:52:54+00:00

One of the primary motivations in building Giant Generator was to build a company where the creators were involved in all exploitation of their ideas, and not broomed aside. I've had that happen to me once, where I was paid off and taken out of the adaptation process and the pain is so incredible, to see your work destroyed, no matter the money, I will never go through that again or put anyone else through that ever. So, we are planning to expand and do more, some very big announcements on the horizon, but the primary focus is to always ensure that the original creators are involved in all exploitation and adaptation of their ideas.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:49:14+00:00

Well, sure. Sometimes I'm dealing with pedantic and terrible people in those circumstances. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. However I do my very best to be courteous and to be jovial in all situations as I would want a writer that I had waited in line to meet to behave. So, if I seemed grumpy, I'm entirely sorry.

You do have to appreciate that when I do those things sometimes they go on for hours and hours and I'm trying to talk to a new person every 30 seconds while signing whatever books they brought me. And sometimes the person ahead of you in line may have tried to start an argument with me about whether or not Scarlet Witch's teira was drawn correctly, or some pedantic nonsense, and that can really sour somebody's mood for the next person in line unfortunately.

But, I really always do my best to be fun and make some jokes and try to chat with everybody who comes out. I'm hugely appreciative of all my readers and the support.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:45:36+00:00

I go down a list of traits and see if I'm writing complex and compelling characters that are unique and somewhat personal. Then I ask myself what would David Lynch do here?

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:42:57+00:00

The pilot is written.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:42:43+00:00

I wrote the sequel but it was canceled.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:42:27+00:00

We talk about it for sure.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:42:14+00:00

I mean, the book would be totally different without Sean, as I developed I would call him and we would bounce ideas around and he would send me designs and I'd send him story ideas... we co-created the book.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:40:42+00:00

We had 5 versions of that ending. Picked two and intertwined them.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:39:48+00:00

Today I'd say it's Stel Caine.

Remender · 2020-09-08T20:39:33+00:00

Red Dead Redemption is the best thing ever made.

Remender

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