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Thu May 15, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Interview: Tim Seeley on 'Hack/Slash' and Suicide Girls Crossovers
The prolific writer and artist discusses all-things Hack/Slash, his upcoming projects and what job is almost as cool as comics
Writer and artist Tim Seely has come along way from reading, drawing and dreaming about comics as a kid in his parent's basement in Wisconsin. Over the years, he's managed to write and/or draw some of the most popular cult-favorite comics in publishing, including Kore, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe vs. Transformers, Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy and most recently, a comic based on the Holloween movie franchise.
He's also the creator of the hugely popular and successful comic book series Hack/Slash, which is currently being produced as a feature film by Rogue Pictures and expected to be released later this year. Recently, ComicMix sat down with the prolific artist and writer to get all the latest details on Hack/Slash the comic, the movie adaptation and his latest project with the Suicide Girls.
COMICMIX: Hey Tim, thanks for taking the time to talk with me.
TIM SEELEY: Sure, no problem at all.
CMix: You're the staff artist for Devil's Due Publishing, but your most well-known work, Hack/Slash, is a creator-owned project?
TS: It is creator-owned, yeah.
CMix: How did you come up with the idea for it?
TS: My girlfriend always gets embarrassed that I tell this story at all, but I was sick for a couple of days with the flu or something so, and it was right around Halloween. I'd just lay in bed for three or four days, and all I did was watch horror movies, like every station, they all run marathons, you know?
So I'm just sitting there and I'm on cold medicine and I start noting patterns in these horror movies. I took a bath because I'm feeling all crappy, and all of a sudden, it gelled in my head, and I jumped out of the tub and ran over, dripping-ass-naked in my house, and I wrote down this kind of outline for the comic.
There's a girl that goes from slasher movie to slasher movie. It's a whole meta-idea or whatever, so then I started to build Hack/Slash from there. I just wanted to do something that didn't have the flavor of what most comics have, something more like, B-movie, kind of totally creative, not so serious, something more like Psychotronic Movie Guide, like gonzo silly, but make it really important that the characters
There is a lot of characterization, and it was going to be about two characters and about their relationship. So, I kind of combined what I like about bad movies and what I like about good movies, and just got rid of all the other stuff.
CMix: Now, in addition to the comic, there's also the Hack/Slash film in production as well... How's that going?
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Tue May 13, 2008 — by Jami Philbrick
Interview: Dan Jurgens on Booster Gold and the Tangent Universe
The popular writer talks about his return to the character and Universe he created
It's pretty safe to say that creator Dan Jurgens is responsible for some of the most popular characters and events in the last 20 years of DC Comics.
After striking gold in the mid-‘80s with his work on the original Booster Gold series, featuring the solo adventures of a character he created, Jurgens continued his streak through the ‘90s with his seminal work on the "Death Of Superman
" story. It was in this project that he created two of Superman’s most popular villains, Doomsday and Cyborg Superman. No stranger to major, universe-spanning events, Jurgens penciled both Armageddon 2001
and Zero Hour
, the latter of which he also wrote. In the late ‘90s he created the Tangent Universe for DC and currently writes the ongoing DC series Tangent Comics: Superman's Reign
.
Last year, Jurgens returned to the character he created, continuing as artist on DC's ongoing Booster Gold series, but stepping aside as writer. The new series teamed him with superstar scribes Geoff Johns and movie executive Jeff Katz. Issue #9 hits stores this week, and continues the current “Blue & Gold” story arc. This arc recently saw the return of fan-favorite character Ted Kord, The Blue Beetle. And if Jurgens’ cover to this week’s issue is any indication, fans of the Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis series Justice League International won’t be disappointed.
I spoke to Jurgens about his work on Booster Gold, Tangent Comics: Superman’s Reign and his career at DC comics.
COMICMIX: To start with, let’s talk about Booster Gold. What’s it like working with writers Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz on a character that you created so many years ago?
DAN JURGENS: There are times I just sit back and look at it and kind of have one of those “wow” moments. Just because it’s something that I probably didn’t anticipate doing.
CMix: Did you ever imagine when you were creating the character that he would last this long?
DJ: No. If you go back to those days, I hadn’t been in the business for that long. So any concept of what I might be doing, if anything 20-some years later, well it just was not anything that you stopped to consider. Whether it was Booster Gold, Superman or Spider-Man, or anything else. It just isn’t part of your thought process. At least it wasn’t part of mine.
CMix: How has the character changed since you first created him?
DJ: I don’t know that the character has changed a lot. If you go back to Booster’s first appearance, he was always supposed to be a fun, a joking sort of character, and he’ s still essentially that. I think his character’s become better defined. I think that his relationship with Blue Beetle is a really important element of who he is now, and of course that didn’t exist at the beginning. Like I said, I don’t know if his character has changed - and I think that’s part of the success. I think his character has been added to, amended and flushed out some but I think part of the reason we are succeeding is because his character has not changed.
CMix: How much are you involved in creating the story? Do they run ideas by you or are you completely surprised when you read a script for the first time?
DJ: Well, they write the script, send it and I take it from there. But we do talk reasonably often. We talk about ideas that we’d like to do and what we’d not like to do. So we certainly have, I think, a bit of give and take about the book and who Booster is. But that’s not to take anything away from them at all. The stories that are happening right now, certainly Booster’s journey through time, is absolutely due to Mr. Katz and Mr. Johns.
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Mon May 12, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Athena, Anders and the Hybrid
BSG Weekly - Season Four, Episode #6 'Faith'
Welcome to the latest installment of Battlestar Galactica Weekly, our recurring Q&A with Mark Verheiden, co-executive producer of the hit Sci-Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. Each week, we'll interview Verheiden about the events of the week's episode, what those events might mean for both the season and the series, and hopefully unearth some clues about what to expect as the final season of Battlestar Galactica nears its conclusion.
Along with posing our own questions to Verheiden, we're also taking questions from fans -- so be sure to send your questions to me, your official BSG Weekly interviewer, after each episode airs at chris [at] comicmix dot com. New episodes of Battlestar Galactica can be seen every Friday at 10 PM EST on Sci-Fi Channel. You can read previous interviews via the links at the end of this article.
This week, Verheiden answers questions about the Episode #6 of Season Four, "Faith," which aired May 9, 2008. Note: These answers may contain spoilers, so read at your own risk.

COMICMIX (from reader Andy): Are all the things the Hybrid says supposed to mean something or is it only relevant to the story when she's actually speaking to Starbuck directly? For example, the "toy soldier will become pliant" was said at one point. That could refer to Adama, especially in light of what he says about changing his mind at the end of the episode?
MARK VERHEIDEN: I don't want to get into a line-by-line analysis of the hybrid's monologue(s), though it's always fun to write! At any rate, it's safe to say that some of the babble represents the creature's very mysterious mental gymnastics. And, if you listen closely, certain writerly obsessions with The Wild Bunch and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
.
Some of it is specific to the ship (repairs, altering temperatures, etc.) and some of it is very pertinent to the larger mysteries. Maybe this will help: Every line is scripted, none of it is ad-libbed, so everything our hybrid says, she was meant to say. As for interpretation, I leave that to you...
CMix (from reader Leah): Why does Athena pull back at the last minute and not want to touch the dying Eight? And why does Anders show so much compassion for a Cylon when he was about to kill one shortly before that?
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Athena, Anders and the Hybrid ›
Mon May 5, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Deleted Scenes and Cylon Love
BSG Weekly - Season Four, Episode #5 'The Road Less Traveled'
Welcome to the latest installment of Battlestar Galactica Weekly, our recurring Q&A with Mark Verheiden, co-executive producer of the hit Sci-Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. Each week, we'll interview Verheiden about the events of the week's episode, what those events might mean for both the season and the series, and hopefully unearth some clues about what to expect as the final season of Battlestar Galactica nears its conclusion.
Along with posing our own questions to Verheiden, we're also taking questions from fans -- so be sure to send your questions to me, your official BSG Weekly interviewer, after each episode airs at chris [at] comicmix [dot] com. New episodes of Battlestar Galactica can be seen every Friday at 10 PM EST on Sci-Fi Channel. You can view previous interviews via the links at the end of this article.
This week, Verheiden answers questions about the fifth episode of Season Four, "The Road Less Traveled," which aired May 2, 2008. Note: These answers may contain spoilers, so read at your own risk.

COMICMIX (from reader Cal): Was this an episode written before or after the writer's strike? If after, what was changed in it, if anything, after you guys came back?
MARK VERHEIDEN: That’s a little later. The first 13 episodes of Season Four (counting Razor as two episodes) were all written and produced before the strike.
CMix (from reader Anthony): It seems Tyrol realizes Cally was murdered. Does he suspect Tory? It looks as if he might.
MV: Tyrol’s still trying to work through Cally’s death, which just doesn’t make sense to him. Suicide can be extremely problematic for the loved ones left behind, and the ex-Chief is no exception. That said, I’m not sure Tyrol intuits suspicion specifically toward Tory, but something sure doesn’t add up...
CMix (from reader Lisa): Tyrol seems to really reverse himself after Baltar comes to see him. He even offers his hand. What made him change his mind about Baltar?
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Deleted Scenes and Cylon Love ›
Thu May 1, 2008 — by Rick Marshall
CBLDF Interview With Charles Brownstein
Sorting through the legal-ese with the CBLDF exec...
With the recent resolution of the Gordon Lee case, in which a comic shop owner was arrested for accidentally giving a copy of a Free Comic Book Day title that contained male nudity to a child, there's been quite a bit of attention on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and their significant financial support for Lee during the trial.
Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter has posted a lengthy, comprehensive interview with Charles Brownstein, the executive director of the CBLDF, that touches upon the Lee case, its impact on the comics industry and the group's other current and future projects.
As always, Spurgeon conducts a great interview that really gives you all you could ever want to know about the group and why there's a genuine need for it. In this excerpt, Brownstein discusses the group's ability to wage future legal battles, given the expenses incurred by the Lee case, and what types of legal issues are most worrisome to CBLDF:
What really makes me lose sleep is the prospect of getting a case under the PROTECT Act's horrifying provisions equating drawings of teen and juvenile sexuality with actual child pornography. I've seen a couple of convictions for anime and manga that was ruled to be child porn. These were dirty people who also had real child porn, and who deserved their convictions for that material, not for repugnant art. There's a difference between photographic evidence of a crime and drawings.
Those are the cases where we really need the community to stay firm in their support of the First Amendment. I think a lot of the content in the sexually oriented manga is pretty repugnant, but it's lines on paper. The thing that raises my ire about PROTECT and the current slate of child pornography laws is that in attempting to create stronger resources against sexual predators, they create categories of thought crime. Child pornography is photographic evidence of a crime. To lower that bar to include dirty drawings and uncomfortable, if not repugnant, ideas muddies the waters in a way that disrespects the severity of the crime, and the victims of it.
For the full interview -- which I highly recommend reading -- head over to The Comics Reporter.
Wed Apr 30, 2008 — by Van Jensen
Interview: Paul Azaceta on Daredevil, Monkey Art and 'B.P.R.D: 1946'
There are always big shoes to fill when you're working with a Mike Mignola story...
One of this year's big additions to the Hellboy universe has been the series BPRD: 1946, which features Hellboy's father-figure, Trevor Bruttenholm, as he investigates the occult legacy of the Third Reich.
I recently spoke with series artist Paul Azaceta, who discussed the ins and outs of playing in Mike Mignola's sandbox. Azaceta also provided insight on his many other projects for Marvel and BOOM! Studios, and on the joys of drawing monkeys.
Though still a relative newcomer to the comics scene, Azaceta has churned out an impressive amount of books in the past few years. His future looks to remain busy, with the possibility of more B.P.R.D. and a mystery project for Marvel.
COMICMIX: How did you get your start in comics? I noticed that you worked on manga books a few years back.
PAUL AZACETA: Oh CPM, how I miss you. Those old manga books are when I first got into the business but not as an artist. Those were the good old days when C.B. Cebulski was the editor of a manga line and I was his assistant. I used to make copies for him and scan in manga art and other things I'm not too proud of. C.B. was a very loving boss.
CMix: How did you end up making the connection with BOOM! Studios?
PA: After doing a couple of small books here and there, I met [BOOM! Publisher] Ross Richie through a friend and it just so happened he was looking for someone to draw these two gritty-type books. When I heard that Mr. Mark Waid was behind one of those books, I jumped at the chance.
Continue reading Interview: Paul Azaceta on Daredevil, Monkey Art and 'B.P.R.D: 1946' ›
Tue Apr 29, 2008 — by Alan Kistler
Interview: Grant Morrison on 'Final Crisis' and 'Doctor Who'
The 'Final Crisis' writer talks Western civilization's end and BBC science-fiction...
As I wandered around the press gathering at the New York Legend Award ceremony for Stan Lee, I saw a familiar face -- a face I first saw in an issue of Animal Man many years ago.
It was, of course, Grant Morrison, who is currently wowing folks in All Star Superman and weirding them out in Batman
.
Known for cosmic-scale work in such titles as The Invisibles and various stories during his run on JLA
, Morrison seemed the perfect choice to handle DC's upcoming crossover mega-event, Final Crisis
.
I spoke with Morrison about the influences and potential ramifications of Final Crisis, as well as his future as one of the primary architects in the DC Universe. We also chatted a bit about another series that has us excited: the reinvigorated hit BBC science-fiction classic, Doctor Who.
COMICMIX: First of all, you have to settle a bet for me, Grant. In the weekly series 52, the villain called "The Ten-Eyed Man" was re-introduced for the first time since Crisis on Infinite Earths
, except now it was a whole cult of ten-eyed warriors who were very creepy and seemed to be mystical and demonic. That revamp had to be your idea, right?
GRANT MORRISON: Yes, yes it was.
CMix: I knew it! I said, "That is pure Morrison!"
GM: Wait 'til you meet "The Nine-Eyed Man" in Batman. He's a renegade who cut off one of his fingers and is crazy now.
CMix: That's just so weird, I love it.
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Mon Apr 28, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Tyrol's Guilt and Baltar the Traitor
BSG Weekly - Season Four, Episode #4 'Escape Velocity'
Welcome to the latest installment of Battlestar Galactica Weekly, our recurring Q&A with Mark Verheiden, co-executive producer of the hit Sci-Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. Each week, we'll interview Verheiden about the events of the week's episode, what those events might mean for both the season and the series, and hopefully unearth some clues about what to expect as the final season of Battlestar Galactica nears its conclusion.
Along with posing our own questions to Verheiden, we're also taking questions from fans -- so be sure to send your questions to me, your official BSG Weekly interviewer, after each episode airs at chris [at] comicmix [dot] com. New episodes of Battlestar Galactica can be seen every Friday at 10 PM EST on Sci-Fi Channel. You can view previous interviews via the links at the end of this article.
This week, Verheiden answers questions about the fourth episode of Season Four, "Escape Velocity," which aired April 25, 2008. Note: These questions may contain spoilers, so read at your own risk.

COMICMIX (from reader John): What did Tyrol do at Cally's funeral that Tigh felt might have given them away?
MARK VERHEIDEN: When the Chief grabbed Tigh and Tory in the receiving line, I think they could sense the intensity of his desperation and confusion.
Their concern was less about what he did during the ceremony than his precarious mental state in the wake of Cally’s death. Given Tyrol’s explosive comments to Adama, it’s not that far-fetched.
CMix (from reader John): Wouldn't the final four put themselves at less risk if they stopped getting together and chatting about what they are all the time? Or, are they just programmed to do that?
MV: Short answer is yes. But on the other hand, they do have ongoing Cylon business to discuss in private. But programmed to do it? I don’t think so.
CMix (from reader Leah): How can the Six in Baltar's head lift him up and turn him around?
MV: I would argue that Baltar’s gyrations were still him contorting himself, as if Number Six were hoisting him from the floor. I am reminded of Church services where people, in the throes of religious fervor, can evidence remarkable physical contortions, ”speaking in tongues," etc.
But feel free to interpret the scene in other ways if you’d like…
CMix (from reader Avery): The reading scenes between Adama and Roslin have been lovely. Will we be seeing more of that - or potentially more than that - as their relationship, and her cancer, progresses?
Mon Apr 28, 2008 — by Van Jensen
Interview With Larry Fong, Cinematographer for 'Watchmen'
Movie is 'all over the place visually'
While much of the hubbub over the movie adaptation of Watchmen has related to director Zack Snyder's thematic and narrative choices, questions also remain over how the movie will visually reflect Dave Gibbons' work on the seminal comic.
In answering some of those questions, Larry Fong, who is the cinematographer on the film, spoke with ComicUS (scroll down for the English version). Fong, who also worked on 300, said Watchmen will use less green screen than that film and will try to hew closely to Gibbons' art.
There isn't an underlying template on the movie per se. In fact one of the most exciting things about it is that it's kind of all over the place, visually. We had so many opportunities to explore different looks and there's even a few scenes that pay homage to other films...I won't give anything away just yet, of course. ...
In Zack's storyboards, there are frames that are very similar to those in the graphic novel. But photographically, it was more important for me to capture the spirit of Watchmen. That's more of an intuitive process.
Fong also hinted at Snyder's next project:
Zack is planning to make another film next year based on an original story he's had in his head for a long time. It's crazier and wilder than all his films put together... hopefully I'll be working on it too!
Fri Apr 25, 2008 — by Rick Marshall
Interview: Paul Southworth on 'Ugly Hill'
It's monsters... offfice monsters... and lots of 'em
Paul Southworth's webcomic Ugly Hill is about, well... monsters.
At least, that's how he usually describes it.
If I were to describe it, I'd write that the five-day-a-week strip features a brightly colored cast of creatures who experience the trials and tribulations of life in a bleak, consumer-driven world not entirely unlike our own -- except that it's full of monsters. That's how I'd describe it.
I'd also write that Ugly Hill is part of the Blank Label Comics collective, and at the end of the month, the multiple Web Cartoonists Choice Award-winning strip will celebrate its third year on the InterWebs.
Oh, and I'd also mention that Paul Southworth recently became a new daddy.
But the thing is, I don't want to put words in his mouth, so I'll just let the following interview I conducted with Paul explain everything about his wildly successful webcomic.
COMICMIX: First off, congratulations on the new addition to the family! What's your schedule like these days?
PAUL SOUTHWORTH: Rigorous. I thought I was busy before, but it turns out I was living a life of spoiled luxury, concerned only for myself and my own ridiculous pursuits. Now my life is consumed with filling bottles, mixing just the right amount of orange mush with just the right amount of pale green mush, and having long, detailed conversations about the size, frequency, and consistency of another human being's feces. Somewhere in there I manage to work a day job for nine hours and draw a comic strip on the side.
To be fair, sometimes I can draw and hold a conversation about human waste simultaneously, but only when I'm pressed for time.
CMix: Well, I'll try to keep this short, then. How did you prepare for keeping the strip active when the baby came home?
PS: I always try to keep at least 2-3 weeks ahead of publication. When I started the strip, I was six weeks ahead, but I squandered that away somehow.
So I just tried to work ahead as much as possible. I was also able to line up two weeks' worth of wonderful guest artists to fill in for me directly after the birth, which was so helpful. I don't think there has been a time in my life that I have thought less about drawing than those 3 or 4 panicky weeks after my son was born, so not having to worry too much about it was a blessing. Otherwise, after the guest strips had run their course and my buffer had dwindled, I didn't know what I was going to do. I'm sure glad it worked out, though!
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 — by Rick Marshall
Comicspace/Webcomics Nation Merger: The Interview
Big plans and big questions for the recent webcomics-related merger...
Gary Tyrrell of the popular webcomics blog Fleen doesn't do a lot of interviews, so when he does have the opportunity to do one, he makes it count. Case in point: His recent conversation with Webcomics Nation founder Joey Manley and John Boeck, one of the primary investors in comics-focused social networking site ComicSpace, on the recent merger of the two online entities.
While much of the discussion focuses on the pair's plan for the two projects and how the new union could fit into the greater webcomics scene, it's an interesting read for anyone of the industry-watching mindset. The duo claim that comics publishing isn't one of their goals, but instead they're setting plans in motion to "allow the artist to delegate the secondary tasks that aren’t writing and drawing, and to pay a fair fee for those services, not to have to give up the IP in exchange for those services."
Intriguing it is, yes...
My favorite part of the interview, however, has to be Manley's explanation of what attracted him to Boeck and his investment group, E-Line Ventures:
Theirs was the first proposal that didn’t skeeve us out. They didn’t want to just write a check, they wanted to work with us — they’re teaching us, they’re not out to steal the IP.
Head over to Fleen for the full interview.
Wed Apr 23, 2008 — by Van Jensen
Interview: Joshua Dysart on 'B.P.R.D.: 1946'
Fascination with World War II fuels an occult tale...
One of this year's big additions to the Hellboy universe has been the series BPRD: 1946, which puts the spotlight on Trevor Bruttenholm as he investigates the occult legacy of the Third Reich.
I recently caught up with series co-writer Joshua Dysart to talk about BPRD, working with Mike Mignola and Dysart's strange journey into comics writing. Dysart also touched on the wealth of other projects he's working on, including one based on musician Neil Young's life and music.
COMICMIX: How did you end up working on BPRD: 1946 and being so closely involved with the Hellboy books for Dark Horse?
JOSHUA DYSART: It was kind of a long and winding road, as these things mostly are. I first met Mignola and [Editor] Scott Allie in Dallas, Texas at the first Wizard World there in 2004. We hung out by the pool table in the bar together and just talked. Our aesthetic was very similar. About six to eight months later, Scott got me the job on the Van Helsing comic. Which, despite its source material, I'm still really proud of. When Mike was moving out to Los Angeles he showed interest in finding a local writer to work with. Scott mentioned my name. Then Mike went out to a local comic book shop and the owner, a close personal friend of mine, recommended me. We set up a luncheon date and I was terribly, terribly nervous. But I did my little song and dance and it worked out. That was late in 2006.
CMix: That has to be a little intimidating to go pitch yourself to somebody like Mignola.
JD: I was late to the meeting as well, by the way. I ride a bicycle everywhere and at the time didn't have a cellphone. So on top of being terribly intimidated, I was late with no way to contact him. I thought for sure that being without a cellphone and a car was not going to bode well for me as a professional. But it turned out that Mike didn't have a car or a cellphone either, and I think there was a sense of a shared value system in this -- like two Luddites finding each other amongst the Blackberry/BMW wasteland of Santa Monica, CA. But all the way around it was a pretty terrifying thing, the notion of the meeting.
But in the end, it was fine. Mike is so enthusiastic about his creation -- and as a reader, so am I -- so I was put at ease very quickly. I don't think he even noticed I was late.
The advice I got from Scott Allie before the meeting was, "Don't act like such a fucking hippie."
Continue reading Interview: Joshua Dysart on 'B.P.R.D.: 1946' ›
Wed Apr 23, 2008 — by Matt Raub
ComicMix TV at NYCC: 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' Interviews
It's a Q&A with the BRPD... Wild!
Big Red and the whole Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense crew are back this summer, and the cast and crew of Hellboy II: The Golden Army made a trip to the Big Apple for this year's New York Comic Con. We chatted up actors Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Doug Jones (Abe Sapien) and Selma Blair (Liz Sherman), as well as Hellboy II director Guillermo del Toro about the loves, lessons and lives of monsters in this special ComicMix TV report from the show.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army hits theaters on July 11, 2008.
Mon Apr 21, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Starbuck's Relationships and Cylon Motives
BSG Weekly - Season Four, Episode #3 - 'The Ties That Bind'
Welcome to the latest installment of Battlestar Galactica Weekly, our recurring Q&A with Mark Verheiden, co-executive producer of the hit Sci-Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. Each week, we'll interview Verheiden about the events of the week's episode, what those events might mean for both the season and the series, and hopefully unearth some clues about what to expect as the final season of Battlestar Galactic nears its conclusion.
Along with posing our own questions to Verheiden, we're also taking questions from fans -- so be sure to send your questions to me, your official BSG Weekly interviewer, after each episode airs at chris [at] comicmix [dot] com. New episodes of Battlestar Galactica can be seen every Friday at 10 PM EST on Sci-Fi Channel. You can view previous interviews via the links at the end of this article.
This week, Verheiden answers questions about the third episode of Season Four, "The Ties That Bind," which aired April 18, 2008. Note: These questions contain spoilers so read at your own risk.

COMICMIX: (from reader Susan): It makes sense that you want to break Kara and Sam up to make way for Kara and Lee to get together in the final season, but what's with her brutal treatment of him in this episode? In seasons two and three, it seemed like she truly cared about him in spite of her deeper feelings for Lee, now her behavior seems truly unsympathetic. Why is this continuing, while Lee/Dee got to end cleanly?
MARK VERHEIDEN: Kara has never been the most stable of characters. She's been through and continues to go through some extremely difficult, frustrating experiences. Not the least of which involves disappearing for two months, being almost shot by the President, and now struggling to command a ship looking for...well, something she can't quite put her finger on.
It's sort of a truism that you hurt the ones you love, and maybe Anders caught the brunt because he was the only one who stood there long enough so she COULD go off on him. But please remember this is Battlestar Galactica, where emotional entanglements can change on a dime...
CMix (from reader Molly): Are Kara's words to Sam, like when she tells him "she's not the girl he married" meant to be taken at face value? I always thought that what she said in "Rapture" was true, that she loved and hated both Sam and Lee. And I liked that ambiguity as it made Kara more sympathetic.
Sun Apr 20, 2008 — by Mike Raub
ComicMix Radio Interview: Marc Guggenheim on 'Amazing Spider-Man' and 'Eli Stone'
The 'Spider-Man' writer chats us up about his current and future projects
Quick! Connect George Michael and Peter Parker using only one name!
The link is writer Marc Guggenheim, who in his off time from Amazing Spider-Man is pushing to get his ABC show, Eli Stone, renewed at ABC. Having a show in the shadow of Lost isn't that easy!
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