Voodoo Child (comics)

Summary

Voodoo Child is a comic book limited series published by Virgin Comics, and created by Nicolas Cage and his son Weston Coppola Cage.

Voodoo Child
Cover to issue #1 of Voodoo Child (March 2007). Art by Ben Templesmith.
Publication information
PublisherVirgin Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateJuly – December 2007
No. of issues6
Creative team
Created byNicolas Cage
Weston Coppola Cage
Written byMike Carey
Artist(s)Dean Hyrapiet
Collected editions
HardcoverISBN 0-9814808-0-2
SoftcoverISBN 1934413135

The series is written by Mike Carey with art by Dean Hyrapiet. The cover for the premiere issue was created by Ben Templesmith.

Synopsis edit

The story revolves around the post-Katrina setting of New Orleans, and features Voodoo mythology. The son of a Unionist sympathizer is resurrected at his dying breath by the power of a Voodoo priest in the 1800s. In 2005 New Orleans, Detective Robert Julien tries to solve the mystery of why several young girls have disappeared.

Collected editions edit

The series has been collected into a single volume:

  • Voodoo Child (144 pages, softcover, February 2008, ISBN 1-934413-13-5, hardcover, May 2008, ISBN 0-9814808-0-2)

References edit

External links edit

  • Voodoo Child at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • Mike Carey's post about the comic
  • Cage and Branson open whole new comic book, The Times
  • Cage and son work comic 'Voodoo', USA TODAY
  • Preview, Comic Book Resources
  • Preview, Newsarama

Interviews edit

  • Nic and Weston Cage on Voodoo Child, Newsarama, July 2, 2007
  • The Family Voodoo: Nicolas Cage Q&A
  • Life and Undeath in the Big Easy: Carey Talks “Voodoo Child”, Comic Book Resources, September 11, 2007
  • The Virgin Days Of Mike Carey - Talking The Stranded And Voodoo Child, Newsarama, October 9, 2007