This interview was conducted by Chris Doucher, Editor-in-Chief, Writer and Comic Panel Moderator for GeekNerdNet. (Image credits to: Jay Bulckaert, Lucas Green and GeekNerdNet) - *If you would like to use any clips, screenshots, or images from the interview and/or written post below, you must have permission from GeekNerdNet.com to do so.
(L to R): KING WARRIOR creative team of Lucas Green (artist) and Jay Bulckaert (writer) at Edmonton Expo 2022. (Image credit: Chris Doucher/GeekNerdNet)
Well, the 2022 installment of Edmonton Expo made its triumphant return (the first since 2019) and wow, the show didn’t disappoint. One of the best things about going to conventions is meeting new comic creators for the first time. This is one of those times. The creative team behind the fantastic KING WARRIOR graphic novel, published by Renegade Arts Entertainment. The book was written by Jay Bulckaert and Erika Nyyssonen (unfortunately absent) and the art is by Lucas Green. The story itself started out as a movie script, however, due to the massive budget it would have takewn to properly produice it, Bulckaert says the idea of a graphic novel was
Living in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Bulckaert says the story came from his experiences of living in the north, as he grew up with a Dad who was always away working in other countries. He expands on this and how he was taken aback by the large Somali taxi-cab community working in Yellowknife, and how the father would be working there while the rest of his family is back in Somalia. With this story he wanted to find a way to talk about the greatness that is the north and how the story talks about a boy living back in Somalia with his mom, and his dad writes his son wild and out there stories about the north that his kid would never see. Accompanying this great story is the art by Green. He says the aspect he loved about working on it was incorporating and working in massively out there new world-building of this tale of Yellowknife compared to what it really is like. Go on and hit play on the interview to hear Bulckaert and Green talk more in-depth about KING WARRIOR. Enjoy!