Voodoo Child (comics)

Voodoo Child
Cover to issue #1 of Voodoo Child (March 2007). Art by Ben Templesmith.
Publication information
Publisher	Virgin Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Horror
Publication date	July – December 2007
No. of issues	6
Creative team
Created by	Nicolas Cage Weston Coppola Cage
Written by	Mike Carey
Artist(s)
Collected editions
Hardcover	ISBN 0-9814808-0-2
Softcover	ISBN 1934413135

Voodoo Child is a comic book limited series published by Virgin Comics, and created by Nicolas Cage and his son Weston Coppola Cage.

The series is written by Mike Carey with art by . The cover for the premiere issue was created by Ben Templesmith.

Synopsis[]

The story revolves around the post-Katrina setting of New Orleans, and features Voodoo mythology. The son of a Unionist sympathizer is resurrected at his dying breath by the power of a Voodoo priest in the 1800s. In 2005 New Orleans, Detective Robert Julien tries to solve the mystery of why several young girls have disappeared.

Collected editions[]

The series has been collected into a single volume:

• Voodoo Child (144 pages, softcover, February 2008, ISBN 1-934413-13-5, hardcover, May 2008, ISBN 0-9814808-0-2)

References[]

• Voodoo Child at the Grand Comics Database

External links[]

• Voodoo Child at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Mike Carey's post about the comic
• Cage and Branson open whole new comic book, The Times
• Cage and son work comic 'Voodoo', USA TODAY
• Preview, Comic Book Resources
• Preview, Newsarama

Interviews[]

• Nic and Weston Cage on Voodoo Child, Newsarama, July 2, 2007
• The Family Voodoo: Nicolas Cage Q&A
• Life and Undeath in the Big Easy: Carey Talks “Voodoo Child”, Comic Book Resources, September 11, 2007
• The Virgin Days Of Mike Carey - Talking The Stranded And Voodoo Child, Newsarama, October 9, 2007