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LIFE takes the form of a flipbook, with each side following a different character.
How these two stories crash together in different and surprising ways is at the heart of LIFE.
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Brian Azzarello:Why thank you.
Stephanie was telling me about a project she was looking to develop a futuristic, interplanetary heist story.
Lucky for us she felt the same as I did maybe even more excitedly.
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She understands what gets Chip and David gung ho.
Stephanie Phillips:That all sounds about right.
It’s something we spent a long time working together before bringing it to DSTLRY and making it real.
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It’s exciting to finally see it in print and out in the world.
What can you tell us about these two very different characters?
Bad decision, heart in the right place.
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CJ The Cassanova Killer… he’s heartless and incredibly charismatic.
He’s always working an angle to get what he wants.
The ethics of criminal punishment are a clear theme here.
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How does LIFE explore this theme and what drew you to telling this story?
Azzarello:Well that’s a question that’s been struggled with forever.
How does a moral society deal with immoral people?
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And who’s to say what’s immoral in the first place?
Is the death penalty immoral?
Is life imprisonment moral?
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Does that make immortality immoral?
This is both a prison break and a heist story.
Does mashing these two genres together give you the opportunity to tell a new kind of crime story?
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Azzarello:Is there a new kind of crime story?
Maybe A.I., maybe.
I think what we’re doing is a new kind of setting for a crime story.
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The interplanetary aspects, the living your multiple life sentences, that kind of stuff.
But at the heart of every crime story is an ego and a mistake.
Been that way since Cain murdered his brother.
This is your first time writing together.
How does your collaboration work?
Did you take one half of the book each, or did you each work on both stories?
Phillips:It’s a mix.
It’s definitely unlike any way that I have worked, and I’m glad.
How was working with Danijel Zezelj and Lee Loughridge on the book?
What does their art and coloring bring to LIFE?
Azzarello:It’s been fantastic working with Danijel again after too many years.
Back in the day I thought that he was an artist that “gets me.”
Well, he still does.
His work is thick and moody; perfect for these stories.
When we asked him about a colorist he immediately said Lee.
Looking at the work the two are doing together, it’s easy to see why.
Another “gets me” thing, right?
Phillips:It’s my first time working with Danijel and it’s been a great experience.
What can you tease about #2?
Azzarello:That it follows #1?
I don’t even want to breathe a word about #3.
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