DeConnick takes Richard Castle through a "Deadly Storm"
For hundreds of years writers have spun fictional tales of murder. They do it both to entertain and understand why heinous crimes happen. Rick Castle, the titular character of ABC's "Castle" television series created by Andrew W. Marlowe, is a best-selling crime writer for both of these reasons. Castle, played by Nathan Fillion, has such a celebrated reputation that he's able to serve as a police consultant on certain cases. That consulting work also helps fuel his writing career because his partner Detective Kate Beckett has become the inspiration for his latest series of novels starring a fictional police detective named Nikki Heat.
Two Heat prose novels have been released thus far, allowing "Castle" fans to get to know the fictional writer's latest creation. Heat isn't Castle's only recurring character though. In the pilot episode, Castle had just published a novel killing off his first series character, private detective Derrick Storm. None of the Storm prose novels have been released, but "Castle" fans will finally get their chance to meet the late detective when Marvel Comics releases "Richard Castle's Deadly Storm," an original graphic novel by writers Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick ("Osborn") and artist Lan Medina ("Foolkiller," "Iron Man: Rapture") this September. CBR News spoke with DeConnick about the book, which adapts the first Derrick Storm adventure for the four color format.
CBR News: Kelly Sue, you're no stranger to comic projects that have their roots in other media. In "Comic Book Tattoo" you did a story inspired by one of Tori Amos' songs. You also did a story for Oni's "Yo Gabba Gabba: Comic Book Time!" graphic novel. What is it about these types of projects that interest you as a writer? And how does it feel to be telling a story inspired by ABC's "Castle?"
Kelly Sue DeConnick: Should I be embarrassed that I never noticed a pattern? I don't know, I don't think of myself as, you know, "Kelly Sue: Enjoys Cross-Media Tie-Ins!" When Rantz [Hosely] asked me about the Tori book he did so because he knew I was a big fan from way back. When I was approached about the "Yo Gabba Gabba" antho, it was by [Oni Press editor] James Lucas Jones, who knows my family, knows my kids and knew how much that would mean to me. And when Bendis reached out to me on the "Castle" book it was after he'd already booked the gig and I'd heard about it and, you know, politely seethed with jealousy.
How does it feel? It feels great! I love that show. They had me at the flak jacket labeled "writer.
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(Let me preface this by saying I'm no expert on screenwriting. I just know bad screenwriting when I see it.)
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Get the genre right .
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