Let's Talk Comics Episode 40: Matthew Rosenberg Talks IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT & Taking Over SPAWN

MATTHEW ROSENBERG returns to Let’s Talk Comics to talk about his new Image Comics series IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT. This one is a post-human story set in a world that didn’t end… it just kept going without us, with robots (lots of robots). And at the center of it all is an animatronic Abraham Lincoln trying to figure out why any of it matters.

We get into where the idea came from and how it evolved from a weird visual into something much more personal. This book was built a little differently compared to Rosenberg's other work (like WE'RE TAKING EVERYONE DOWN WITH US) and is a book that’s been quietly in the works for years. Matt breaks down building a world of robots still going through the motions, centering the story on the animatronic Abraham Lincoln, and how themes like isolation, connection, and identity started to shape the series. We also get into why this is the kind of story that only really works in the creator-owned space.

Then we shift gears to Spawn, where Rosenberg is stepping into the limelight not only writing the main book, SPAWN, but KING SPAWN as well. He talks about finding his version of Spawn, building new villains, and new allies for a character who has to deal with what happens when the war he was built for is over.

It's a fun one for sure.

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