The Carcosa Interview: Brandon Thomas

Miranda Mercury is something of an anomaly to me: she’s a female brown skinned hero with the agency of her own body in a sci-fi tale. She’s the titular character and not the side kick (Although I would love her even if she was) She’s not a “flat character”. There’s dimensions to her: she’s immensely fleshed out to where readers can relate to her, sympathize with her and worry for and about her. Even her family is something you don’t see much in comics: a family of black folk all scientists and heroes with their own individual accomplishments and strengths. There’s also the fact that artists Lee Ferguson and  Marc Deering helped make Miranda stand out even more on paper—we know that she’s African American even drawn in black and white art because of her hair’s texture…And if you’re reading this and you don’t know who she is probably because you’ve been hiding under a rock you can read a preview here of her adventures here. For our newest Carcosa Interview, we were lucky enough to catch Brandon Thomas who is a Southern Californian dwelling, comic book writer and creator who is bent on seeing more diversity period but especially in the comic book industry.  

Black Nerd Problems: With all my fangirling aside, Brandon what’s next for Miranda? I understand that Volume 2 of The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury is currently in production. How is the progress of that coming along and what updates can you give us? BT: I’m about a script and a half from being done, and Lee is…