Talking With Scott Snyder And Rafael Albuquerque About Their New ’50s Era Sci-Fi/Horror Mash-Up ‘Duck And Cover’
by Olly MacNamee
You may have read yesterday that creators and good friends, Scott Snyder And Rafael Albuquerque, have a new comic book series coming out Tuesday 11th July from comiXology. Well, not only did I get an early look at the first issue, but managed to sit down with the firm friends and ask them more about the series. Listen in below to learn more about the first issue, how each subsequent issue will have a different genre focus, with issue #1 leaning in on melodrama, and much more!
Interview with Scott Snyder And Rafael Albuquerque:
“For generations, the threat of nuclear attack was always in the corner of their minds. Millions of elementary school students and teens were taught that “the flash means act fast. Duck and cover!” But what happens AFTER the blast?
The year is 1955, and teenager Del Reeves dreams of ditching town life for a life in movies beyond projecting them at the local drive-in. But when Cold War nightmares become a reality, Del discovers that the film genres he’d grown up watching are more real than he could have ever imagined. When a sudden nuclear exchange obliterates the U.S., only the children who hid under their school desks are spared. These teens now find themselves the lone survivors in a strange and wild new ’50’s America.
Duck and Cover is an all-new look at the ‘good ol’ days.'”
Oh, and as an extra bonus, here’s the original public service video from the ’50s for Duck and Cover: