Comic book history – Comic book writer – Christopher Priest interview
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Christopher Priest has been a comic book writer for over 40 years and has worked for both Marvel and DC. He’s written for Deathstroke, Justice League, Vampirella and many other titles. He also helped to redevelop Black Panther.
{Note: The sound gets better after a minute or so but I wanted to include some interesting pre-interview talk that unfortunately doesn’t have the same sound quality as the full interview.}
0:20 – Christopher talks about the creation of Black Panther.
1:35 – Christopher talks about how Black Panther developed.
2:36 – Christopher talked about how he got into the comic book business.
4:00 – Christopher talks about what got him his job at Marvel.
6:30 – Christopher talked about working on Cracked magazine and being mentored by Stan Lee.
8:05 – Christopher talked about what story lines inspired him most.
10:15 – Christopher talks about his various career milestones.
12:50 – Christopher talks about the comic book business.
14:45 – Christopher talks about how he got Power Man and Iron Fist.
16:30 – Christopher talks about where he gets his writing ideas from.
20:15 – Christopher talks about developing Man Ape.
22:15 – Christopher talks about his role with the Black Panther film.
23:00 – Christopher talks about how he redeveloped Black Panther.
26:50 – Christopher talks about his professional life following Black Panther.
stop at 29:00
35:00 – Christopher talks about Deathstroke on tv.
36:03 – Christopher talks about the storylines he created that he’s most proud of. He goes into his Justice League storyline.
43:54 – Christopher can be found on Christopherpriest.com
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Links of interest
http://christopherpriest.com/cpdc/
Guests: Christopher Priest
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: comic books, writer, green lantern, DC comics, Marvel, Stan Lee, Cracked, Spiderman, Batman, Power Man, Iron Fist, Conan, Deathstroke, Justice League, News Radio, Iron Man, Vampirella
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