Body Bags is back

Newsarama got the chance to talk with Body Bags creator Jason Pearson about the series and the upcoming reprint from 12 Gauge Comics. Considering the original mini came out almost ten years ago, why the delay?

In ’98, I was planning on doing a new miniseries, but there were contractual reasons that delayed the sequel, but in ’99, Dark Horse and I settled everything, and I wrote out a six-issue miniseries, started drawing it, and then, I got sick. I was in the hospital for a couple of weeks, and then recovering for a couple of months. By the time I got back to Body Bags, I realized that I didn’t like the story that I’d written – I was overreaching in a lot of areas, and it was too complicated with storylines. I was trying to go for more depth – on “purpose.” The first miniseries, I feel, while very bold and in your face, was also very juvenile as well. I thought I’d “mature” it by being more in depth with characters and other stuff…anyway, it just didn’t grab. I came to a decision with Dark Horse, and put it down. So I’ve got a whole six issue miniseries written and laid out that I’ll probably never use.

I remember hearing really good things about this series when it first came out. Anyone out there read it? How was it?