Ethan Young on Demon Run

About this episode

Ethan Young discusses his new comic Demon Run and the evolution of his character Bridget Lee.

You love to see it. Cartoonist Ethan Young (Dragon Path, Nanjing: The Burning City) places a huge bet on himself. He’s reclaimed the rights to his main character from the graphic novel series The Battles of Bridget Lee, originally published at Dark Horse Comics, and planted her in a slightly altered landscape with a much more mature (i.e., violent) tone. The new comic is called Demon Run, and you have till April 3rd to make your orders for the first two issues on his website. The Battles of Bridget Lee: Invasion of Farfall first hit stands in 2016. Ethan Young has made many more comics since then, worked extensively in animation (including Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man), and significantly evolved his style. Why is he going back to Briget Lee? Why is she battling demons now and not alien invaders? Why is Demon Runfilled with gnarly, grisly action and not sanitized for the YA market? Most importantly, why is Ethan Young taking on the burden of self-publishing? All these questions and more are asked in this week’s Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast. We’ve admired Ethan Young’s comics for many years now. His appearance on the show is a long time coming, and we’re excited…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Gullickson, Lisa Gullickson

Guest: Ethan Young

Topics covered

• self-publishing
• graphic novels
• comics
• Ethan Young
• Demon Run

Keywords

• Bridget Lee
• Dark Horse Comics
• animation
• violent tone

Sponsors

The Future is Calling!

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Demon Run, The Battles of Bridget Lee

Books & works: Demon Run, Dragon Path, The Battles of Bridget Lee, The Battles of Bridget Lee: Invasion of Farfall, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Demon Runfilled, The Future is Calling, Through Comic Book Club: My Boyfriend is a Bear, Final Round of Plugs

Places: Nanjing, Herndon, Virginia

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