Working on Tales of the Slayer

Tales of the Slayer is one of the most exciting things I�ve ever been a part of. Going back to Fool for Love, when they said Tales of the Slayer I immediately said, "Let me do Nikki, the Vampire Slayer and let�s see a story of cool seventies Nikki in her long black coat just being in the "Shaft" of Slayers. No one put up a fight, so I got to do Nikki.

The best news for me personally is that there is a great, great comic book artist named Gene Colan, and to fans of Marvel comics of the seventies, they�ll know his name. He�s legitimately one of the giants of the industry. He�s one of the greats of comic book illustration and he�s about 70 years old now and still doing his thing.

On a whim I called Scott Allie [Buffy editor at Dark Horse Comics] and said "Do you think we can get Gene Colan out of wherever he�s at and have him illustrate this story?" Scott Allie pulled it off, so Gene Colan illustrated the story I wrote called Nicky Goes Down.

It�s some of the best work I�ve ever seen Gene Colan produce, it was thrilling to see. It�s very, very exciting and I�m proud of the story I wrote but really give it up for Gene Colan. I just wrote a story but Gene - they used to call him Gene the Dean Colan - produced some gorgeous, gorgeous art.

I�m very excited to see that Gene the Dean Colan in is fine form and as good as he ever was, if not better. I can�t wait to work with him again, so for me personally Tales of the Slayer is all about the triumphant and long overdue return of Gene Colan to comic books.