Jay Stephens talks with AIPT’s David Brooke on writing ‘Red Sonja Attacks Mars’. From the article:
Known for his distinctive style, which he describes as “campy, horrifying, mid-century, and notorious,” Stephens approached Red Sonja Attacks Mars by returning to the original inspirations behind both properties. “I believe going back to original source material, right to the core meanings of things, helps focus writing for me,” he explains. “Reading old Robert E. Howard Hyborian Age tales and revisiting the 1962 Mars Attacks! cards was stepping into a time of on-the-edge-of-good-taste shock and titillation. Just the right amount of gross and cheeky.” Rather than referencing recent interpretations of Red Sonja or Mars Attacks!, Stephens built his version from his nostalgia for the classic worlds they originally inhabited.
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