![]() ![]() I want reading Roche Limit to be more than just a comic you pick up, read, and toss in a longbox. ![]() And that’s a word I choose very specifically-experience. I think the extras that have been included, and will continue to appear in future issues, tell a really neat story that enhances the overall Roche Limit experience. That’s one of my favorite parts, and it’s such a testament to the dexterity of the comics medium that you can build your world in such a tangential way. Will this continue through the whole series? And is this stuff in the collect of is just for the single issues? N: One of my favorite things about Roche Limit is the back matter packed into each issue. In a sense, though, Kyle and Matt are a better fit for volume two-Kyle’s layouts and Matt’s color selection make the entire thing feel like a dream*, which is so perfect for Clandestiny. And, man, they had huge shoes to fill with Vic and Jordan, who did a brilliant job with volume one. MM: Man, Kyle Charles and Matt Battaglia killed issue one. How did you go about bringing the new art team onboard and can we expect another team to step in on volume three? The deeper I’ve gotten into the plot and these characters, the more I’ve realized that I may need more space to tell this story the right way. I think it might extend beyond the proposed 15 issues by a few, but nothing like a whole new volume. Granted, I’ve discovered some things along the way, which is one of the most exciting things about the process, and I continue to grow the story out. I’ve known exactly where the series is heading from the start. I could have milked this for some ongoing money! MM: If I was a smart man, I would’ve kept quiet about the whole trilogy business until after issue #1 came out. Did you conceive the whole thing from the beginning or was it fleshed out after the success of volume one? Blade Runner might be my favorite film of all time, but I love the Alien franchise as well.Īlso, you have some Lost in there, in the sense of having a cast of characters arriving at a mysterious place that maybe-just maybe-they are supposed to be for a specific reason. It’s funny, because until I started Roche Limit, I never knew what a Ridley Scott fan I was. I think there’s some Prometheus in there as well. MM: Aliens for sure-nail on the head right there. What works are influencing this second story arc? So far, it almost has an Aliens feel. N: The first five issue have major Blade Runner vibe, that sort of street level science fiction. The common thread, for sure, is the place and what Roche Limit, as a series, has promised so far-strong characters, cool sci-fi, all grafted on some deeper existential questions. I know that’s a bit of an obtuse answer but, really, if it was the characters you were invested in, as a reader, then Clandestiny is going to feel really different (but with new characters to love, I promise) if you were digging the thematic stuff, then Clandestiny is a going to feel like a natural continuation of what’s been established so far. I guess it’s all about perspective and what you got from the first volume. How different is Clandestiny going to be? N: So, judging from the first issue of Volume Two, it looks like Roche Limit is making a major shift in both look and feel. It’s only ten bucks and you won’t regret it. When you finish up reading this, get your butt to the store and order the Roche Limit trade paperback that hits finer comic shops 3/25. To get the real scoop on Clandestiny, we had a few words with writer Michael Moreci and the new art team of Kyle Charles and Matt Battaglia. Quite simply, there is no escaping Roche Limit. But the place – that dark, lurid place – is relatively the same. Clandestiny starts long after the end of the last issue, with a whole new cast of characters and a whole new feel. Volume one started as murder mystery, before taking an abrupt turn into existential horror and left us adrift, the fate of a world unknown. It haunts the same space, a colony where man has struggled to build a new home, but the story itself shifts. Volume two of Roche Limit has the subtitle Clandestiny and it appears to be a sharp departure from what came before. If you have not been reading this Image Comics series, you have made a huge mistake, one that you need to correct by immediately purchasing the collection of Roche Limit volume one. Thankfully, Michael Moreci is bringing us more of the epic science fiction series and our souls are so ready to jump back into the world of drugs, violence, space, murder, magic, and mystery. It broke our hearts in two while leaving us craving more. The first volume of Roche Limit came to a close with a literal and figurative bang.
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