Matt Kindt on new series Folklords, Indies sell out, and October best of

1. THE NEWS:
   • DC shutters Vertigo early
   • DC War Giant and Teen Titans Go postponed indefinitely
   • Folklords #1 gets 3rd printing
   • Abrams’ Spider-Man significantly delayed
   • UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #1 is Image's Second-Biggest Selling Launch in a Decade, Going Back for 2nd Printing
   • CHEW's John Layman Returns with 'Butterfly Effect Noir' Series
   • October Sales Report
   • McFarlane Partners with CGC for mail in signing of Spawn 300 - $89
2. TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK:
   • Dave
     • Swimming in Darkness (W/A: Lucas Harari, Translator David Homel)
     • Addams Family: The Bodies #1 (W: Zoe Quinn, A: Philip Murphy)
   • Forrest
     • Spider-Man and Venom: Double Trouble #1 (W: Tamaki, A: Gurihiru)
     • New Mutants #1 (W: Hickman, Brisson A: Rod Reis)
3. Trending Now - BOOM! Studios series keep getting third printings...before they even come out. HUH!? Something is Killing the Children, Once & Future, and now Folklords.
4. TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK:
   • Dave: Morbius #1 (W: Vita Ayala, A: Marcelo Ferreira)
   • Forrest: The Batman’s Grave #2 (W: Warren Ellis, A: Bryan Hitch)
5. JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.:
   • Dave: Morbius #1 (Kyle Hotz)
   • Forrest: War Children #1 Second Printing (Bill Sienkiewicz)
6. Segment: Interview - Matt Kindt and Eric Harburn about Folklords, a new series about a young village boy who's plagued by visions of a modern, tech-based world and on his 18th birthday, sets out on a forbidden quest to find the legendary Folklords for answers, starting a chain of events that will change the very fabric of his existence from BOOM! Studios.

Questions:

• When you turned 18, what was the quest you gave yourself?
• Fantasy can get however big or small depending on your take, can you talk about your process of coming up with the world we are introduced to in Folklords?
• Do you ever struggle with readers, or even yourself, comparing your work to what has come before, for instance, I ponder how Narnia may have influenced your narrative?
• There is a great moment where we hear all these quest ideas, and I have to ask, were there any that didn’t make the cut?
• I’ve heard said fantasy is largely about power be it monarchs, military might, or magic, would you agree and is that something you explore in this series?
• Information warfare seems to be a constant threat these days, and the themes like forbidden knowledge and finding your own journey or quest are aspects of Folklrods, what inspired this focus in the series?
• Of the five issues is any single issue your favorite?
• Does Folklords share some themes or DNA with your previous books like Ether, Dept. H, etc or did it feel entirely new to draft?

1. Superfight: Worst Boss: Gollum vs. Wicked Witch of the West
2. Off topic top shelf: Matt Kindt - boardgames - Wingspan