An Exclusive Interview with James Tynion IV and Eric Harbum, The Writer and Editor of “Something is Killing the Children”

Last week we featured an advance review of Something is Killing the Children #1, a new horror series from Boom! Studios. It was absolutely enthralling from the get-go. We here at Black Nerd Problems were also fortunate enough to get a chance to talk with the writer, James Tynion IV, and editor, Eric Harbum, to get some deeper insights into the chilling new horror series. As a fair warning, the text and visual in this interview will contain *spoilers* for Something is Killing the Children #1, but let’s jump in. The Beginning at Boom! Studios BNP: Could you both give us a peek into the behind-the-scenes process of bringing a creator-owned (promoted to on-going) series like Something is Killing the Children to the shelves? James: Sure! This book is really a culmination of a long relationship that I have had with not only my editor, Harbum, but Boom! Studios as a company. Back when I was writing backup stories on Batman — and I think it was a few issues or so after the release of Talon, my first on-going with DC — that Boom! Studios reached out to me and asked if I was interested in writing an original series, or pitching one at least. That conversation and what came after it, led to bringing a series called The Woods that had been cooking in the back of my mind for a long time. I brought that series to Boom! and it ended up being a good-sized success for the company. It ended up running for thirty-six issues and really helped defined my voice, at least for myself, for the earl…