Talking with Bruce Livingstone, Writer of ‘The Lost City of Heracleon’

Last week, you might have seen our advance review of BOOM! Studios’ graphic novel, The Lost City of Heracleon. Well, this week, we are happy to say that we got a chance to interview with both the writer, Bruce Livingstone, and artist, Mike Willcox. Be sure to read both ahead of the release on August 29th. BNP: To introduce our readers to the story, how would describe The Lost City of Heracleon. Bruce: Called to adventure, young boys Lou and Shiro find themselves on a time-slipping craft made by the ancient gods and captained by an off-the-hinges old man. They soon discover Lou’s missing father might still be alive as they are transferred into fully grown warriors headed straight for the battlegrounds of Ancient Egypt. After re-uniting with Lou’s father and battling the God’s army of monsters, they travel to the Lost City of Heracleon. As the gods tinkering with fate become reckless and apathetic, the boys become part of a legion hell-bent on restoring balance to humanity, ending in 1914 Sarajevo attempting to prevent WW1.

BNP: The Lost City of Heracleon is heavily rooted in a familiar trope of young heroes-to-be getting “called onto a grand adventure”. So to speak, what “called” you to the story? How did this book start and transform? What were some major influences? Bruce: This all started when I set out to write a story for my son, Sozé. It was meant to be a short book and ended up over 240 pages. Most of my ideas in the first part of the book stemmed from a fascination wi…