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The location of my conversation with comics writer Brian Azzarello couldn'thave been more appropriate for our subject matter: We met atAndersonville's Hopleaf—one of the best beer bars in the world—to discussthe forthcoming release of one of his current projects, the collectededition of Alpha King, an ongoing Image Comic series featuringcharacters based on Three Floyds beers. Azzarello writes the series withThree Floyds head brewer and cofounder Nick Floyd; it's illustrated bySimon Bisley. Hopleaf also happens to be where, back in 2002, a bartenderfirst poured Azzarello a glass of Three Floyds' Alpha King pale ale andtold him, 'You need to try this.' By the time we finished chatting about the story behind this weird comicand the rest of Azzarello's long career, I'd found myself in an impromptutasting session with Azzarello, Hopleaf owner Michael Roper, and some dudefrom Toppling Goliath Brewery in Decorah, Iowa.
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The rest was a drunkenblur, but it was crystal clear why Azzarello, who every Hopleaf employeeseemed to know by name, ended up writing a comic book about beer.With names like Lazersnake, Arctic Panzer Wolf, Robert the Bruce,Gumballhead, Dark Lord, and of course Alpha King, Three Floyds' beerssuggest wild characters straight out of an issue of Conan the Barbarian. When the Three Floyds brewers decided theywould actually do a comic, they turned to Azzarello, who had become afriend of Floyd and Barnaby Struve, another Three Floyds brewer, thanksto their shared interests in beer, comics, and role-playing games.Azzarello seemed a natural choice: now 55, he's made plenty of comics overhis long career, including the now-classic noir series 100 Bullets, the Hulk story 'Banner,' and a run of Wonder Woman thathad a strong influence on last summer's movie version with Gal Gadot. Theconversation with Struve, however, didn't go the way you'd think.
'Itwasn't even me who was gonna do it originally,' Azzarello says. 'Barnabydidn't come to me saying, 'Let's do it.' It was, 'Do you know anybody whowould want to do it?' I know your beers. I can write about yourbeers.' The result is a rollicking adventure, full of gore and humor, in which amild-mannered Indiana brewer in transported to another reality where hediscovers his true identity as the Alpha King—a muscular warrior in abarbaric world of sword-and-sorcery mayhem.
Heads are lopped off, blood isspilled, and war is waged against the Rice King—a symbol of tasteless macrobeers such as Budweiser. The humor is both smart and silly, and the visualsare visceral and bold and occasionally disgusting, thanks to Bisley, aBritish illustrator whose work is so metal it should be on the periodictable.There are already plans under way for a second arc of the comic, which willfeature a different artist. The title suggests it will continue down thepath of beer-soaked anarchy: Space Station Middle Finger, namedfor another of Three Floyds' pale ales.Alpha Kingisn't the only project Azzarello's currently working on. He's been busywith Moonshine, an ongoing series, also published by Image Comics.' It's crazy, right?'
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'I'm writing two books that are alcoholfueled.' The series returned from a yearlong hiatus in February, and acollected edition of its first six issues will appear next month.' It takes place in Prohibition,' Azzarello explains. 'A New York gangsteris sent to the Appalachians to convince this moonshining family to makeproduct for them.
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There's some resistance, and there happens to bewerewolves in it too. Company of heroes 2 trainer v4 0.0 21748. And the lead character, this gangster, even duringProhibition, is an alcoholic and he's prone to blackouts. So is he thewerewolf?' The series explores this question and others in Azzarello's naturalistic,no-BS, noir style that shines through in his other works such as Joker and Spaceman. It's drawn by one of his long-termcreative partners, Argentine artist Eduardo Risso. 'I think he's the beststoryteller living right now,' says Azzarello.
'His graphic storytelling isincredible, and I'm not just saying that because I work with him.' Risso relishes the chance to tell the story visually, Azzarello explains:'He doesn't want me to write splash pages panels that take up an entirepage or two and that kind of stuff, because he likes to tell the story ona page. He wants to lead the eye.' Their partnership is so comfortable thatAzzarello doesn't need to spell out every little visual in his scripts.Azzarello is working with another longtime creative partner, artist LeeBermejo, on Batman: Damned, a series for DC's new Black Labelline. Azzarello describes the adult-focused line as 'HBO for superheroes.' In this line, creators will get a chance to write self-contained storiesthat don't tie into the oppressive, byzantine continuity of weekly comics,and they won't have to play to 12-year-olds. That's been a proven recipefor the best DC comics since the 80s with The Dark Knight Returnsand Watchmen.Azzarello loves the collaborative nature of comics, whether with Bermejo,Risso, or his buddies at Three Floyds.
'I've been at this for such a longtime,' he says. 'Now what I work on is less important to me than who I'mworking with. It's the collaboration: that's what gets me off. Not like,hey, I'm the Batman writer. I could give a shit.' As I excused myself from Hopleaf, buzzed to the gills, Azzarello seemedpoised to continue drinking with Roper and his other buddies for theforeseeable future.Visitors to this year's Dark Lord Day on May 19—the one day a year DarkLord Imperial Stout is sold at in Munster,Indiana—will be able to buy a hardcover special edition of theAlpha Kingcomic. That could make those long lines waiting to buy Dark Lord go alot faster.