Good GØDLAND!

Over at CBR, Matt Fraction talks to "Basement Tapes" co-conspirator Joe Casey about his new Image book, GØDLAND, which features art from up-and-comer and Kirby worshipper Tom Scioli:

So: GØDLAND. Automatic Kirby. Discuss.

CASEY: Well, hey... what can I tell you? I guess I'm just in that kinda' mood these days...

Actually, it's weird that the first issue is now seeing the light of day. Been working on this thing with artist Tom Scioli (and Erik Larsen providing a watchful eyeball) for just over a year now and I'm eight issues deep into this thing. But you pretty much nailed the synthesis I'm trying to go for. Tom's so great at bringing out the Kirby riffs, but if the series was just a pastiche, it wouldn't be worth doing for me. I'm tellin' you... as the book goes on, it gets weirder and wilder in the best possible ways. But I wanted my cake and eat it, too. Grand Kirby Spectacle mixed with the particular bent I happen to get my rocks off writing. And, the best part, we own it.

Automatic Kirby? I can dig that.