Elderly assassins, legal felines and masturbating robots with Ryan Ferrier
This weekend I had the pleasure of talking to comic book creator Ryan Ferrier. We discussed his latest series D4VE , as well as touching on some of his works such as Tiger Lawyer , and discussing our love of TV’s The Golden Girls. Billy Tournas: Ryan, thanks for taking the time out to chat. D4VE is a story, at its core, about a former hero now dealing with a crippling mid-life crisis. The Earth is inhabited only by humanoid-esque robots. Into its 3rd issue now, I'm curious as to where the idea for D4VE come from? Ryan Ferrier: It kinda came from me wanting to do a big action book, a sci-fi kind of story. At the time I was reminiscing about my previous job which was very much like D4VE’s job. A horrible 9 to 5... Stuck in a Cubicle? Yeah. The two kinda come together and worked its way into D4VE. The story to me is equal parts catharsis and fantasy for me, if that makes sense? Yep. Like day dreaming at your job. Yeah for sure! And you know wanting to do s...