It’s Death Metal Duck Time, with Creators Justin Heggs & Cam Hayden
This audio interview was conducted by Chris Doucher, Editor-in-Chief, Writer and Comic Panel Moderator for GeekNerdNet. (Image and video credits to: Justin Heggs, Cam Hayden and GeekNerdNet)
Recently, I chatted with creators Justin Heggs (writer) and Cam Hayden (artist) about their soon-to-be-released series DEATH METAL DUCK, via Black Panel Press. The series, which initially got its start back in 2014 with a modest print run of issue one, is now back with three issues. It’s scheduled to be released in 2025, and damn, it’s a fun one. I highly recommend you check it out. Plus, you can’t go wrong with ducks, especially when they’re the stars of a band called PUKE HAMMER!
In our chat about the series, Heggs and Hayden give great insights on the growth of the characters and the story itself. Both from a writing point of view, as well as an art point of view. A decade has gone by since Heggs first wrote the opening of the series, and he credits that time away to making now the perfect time to come back to the story and its characters for writing issues two and three.
Heggs shares a story (from spring 2024) of his kids reading his earlier comics (Wolf Hands, with art by Nick Johnson) which lit the spark to get him back into writing comics again. For Hayden, revisiting the series after a decade’s worth of work under his belt with various co-creator, as well as creator-owned projects (which you can find on his Patreon), he knew he had to completely redraw the original first issue. He talks about the reasons behind this decision, and the excitement behind jumping back into Death Metal Duck.
I could go on and on, but I’d rather have you listen listen to Heggs and Hayden talk about DEATH METAL DUCK. Just hit play. It’s that easy.