Voodoo Child (comics)

Voodoo Child is a comic book limited series published by Virgin Comics, and created by Nicolas Cage and his son Weston Coppola Cage.

Voodoo Child
Cover to issue #1 of Voodoo Child (March 2007). Art by Ben Templesmith.
Publication information
Publisher	Virgin Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Horror
Publication date	July – December 2007
No. of issues	6
Creative team
Created by	Nicolas Cage Weston Coppola Cage
Written by	Mike Carey
Artist(s)	Dean Hyrapiet
Collected editions
Hardcover	ISBN 0-9814808-0-2
Softcover	ISBN 1934413135

The series is written by Mike Carey with art by Dean Hyrapiet. The cover for the premiere issue was created by Ben Templesmith.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the post-Katrina setting of New Orleans, and features Voodoo mythology. The son of a Unionist sympathizer is resurrected at his dying breath by the power of a Voodoo priest in the 1800s. In 2005 New Orleans, Detective Robert Julien tries to solve the mystery of why several young girls have disappeared.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a single volume:

• Voodoo Child (144 pages, softcover, February 2008, ISBN 1-934413-13-5, hardcover, May 2008, ISBN 0-9814808-0-2)

References

• Voodoo Child at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Voodoo Child at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Mike Carey's post about the comic
• Cage and Branson open whole new comic book, The Times
• Cage and son work comic 'Voodoo', USA TODAY
• Preview, Comic Book Resources
• Preview, Newsarama

Interviews

• Nic and Weston Cage on Voodoo Child, Newsarama, July 2, 2007
• The Family Voodoo: Nicolas Cage Q&A
• Life and Undeath in the Big Easy: Carey Talks “Voodoo Child”, Comic Book Resources, September 11, 2007
• The Virgin Days Of Mike Carey - Talking The Stranded And Voodoo Child, Newsarama, October 9, 2007