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Living with this problem isn’t easy, so we are glad to see a comic like LOVE AND CAPES out
in indie comic land. We were even happier to see it in Wizard World Texas this past weekend
so we could take the time out to talk with creator Thomas Zahler.
“I’ve been working on it for about 2 or 3 years,” Zahler said. That’s a long time in self
publishing years, and rightly so that we should see IDW printing its version in trade
paberback THIS MONTH.
“Love and Capes is a superhero romantic comedy… He’s a superhero that says ‘I love my
girlfriend, and I’m going to tell her that, but if I tell her that I have to tell her everything',” Zahler
explains. He brings up good points, “Is it ever a good time to tell your girlfriend you have X-ray
vision?”
If it sounds like a crazy sitcom, well surprisingly enough, it has roots in it. “I had written a
sitcom pitch for a contest kind of like Project Greenlight, and I found I really like doing that,
and I was doing an adventure book at the time and I need to find something to marry my love
of superheroes with something funny,” Zahler said. “It was that ‘chocolate/peanut butter
moment'... “The most common comment I get is from people who say ‘My girlfriend doesn’t
normally read comics but I gave her your book and she’s hooked.' ”
There are 8 issues of the book out now, #9 will be out in January, and #10 will be for free on
Free Comic book day next spring.
You can find the book at www.loveandcapes.com
If you want to get hooked, you can read the first issue on the website.
The trade paperback will be available at most online sites, (Amazon, Barnes and Noble,
comic shops, etc.)
in indie comic land. We were even happier to see it in Wizard World Texas this past weekend
so we could take the time out to talk with creator Thomas Zahler.
“I’ve been working on it for about 2 or 3 years,” Zahler said. That’s a long time in self
publishing years, and rightly so that we should see IDW printing its version in trade
paberback THIS MONTH.
“Love and Capes is a superhero romantic comedy… He’s a superhero that says ‘I love my
girlfriend, and I’m going to tell her that, but if I tell her that I have to tell her everything',” Zahler
explains. He brings up good points, “Is it ever a good time to tell your girlfriend you have X-ray
vision?”
If it sounds like a crazy sitcom, well surprisingly enough, it has roots in it. “I had written a
sitcom pitch for a contest kind of like Project Greenlight, and I found I really like doing that,
and I was doing an adventure book at the time and I need to find something to marry my love
of superheroes with something funny,” Zahler said. “It was that ‘chocolate/peanut butter
moment'... “The most common comment I get is from people who say ‘My girlfriend doesn’t
normally read comics but I gave her your book and she’s hooked.' ”
There are 8 issues of the book out now, #9 will be out in January, and #10 will be for free on
Free Comic book day next spring.
You can find the book at www.loveandcapes.com
If you want to get hooked, you can read the first issue on the website.
The trade paperback will be available at most online sites, (Amazon, Barnes and Noble,
comic shops, etc.)
Wizard World Texas Coverage 2008
Love And Capes
Even heroes would rather face villains
than angry girlfriends
Love And Capes
Even heroes would rather face villains
than angry girlfriends
By Timothy Danger
We here at busygamer.com have a problem; we
really are superheroes. While that is cool and
exciting to the rest of you in Nerdland, it is
positively awful when we have to explain it to any
hapless girlfriends we seem to acquire and lose.
“Yes, dear… I really DID fight a 20 foot tall beer
monster, that’s why I smell like this,” or
“Lipstick? No, Dr. Chaos has been going
through some issues lately and I had to put him
away.”
We here at busygamer.com have a problem; we
really are superheroes. While that is cool and
exciting to the rest of you in Nerdland, it is
positively awful when we have to explain it to any
hapless girlfriends we seem to acquire and lose.
“Yes, dear… I really DID fight a 20 foot tall beer
monster, that’s why I smell like this,” or
“Lipstick? No, Dr. Chaos has been going
through some issues lately and I had to put him
away.”