Becoming a Vampire and Other Thoughts on Angel (2019): An Exclusive Interview with Bryan Hill

Bryan Hill is a prolific writer, with credits spanning across all sorts of media. We here at Black Nerd Problems have had the pleasure of review his series like Batman and the Outsiders, American Carnage, and Titans. Visceral and attentive, Hill’s work is (appropriately) enthralling and we were fortunate enough to get to sit down with him and discuss his work on the 2019 Angel reboot from Boom! Studios. Bryan Hill A Lesson in Occult BNP: From following you on Twitter for quite some time now, I know that you extensively research before you start working on a series. What’s the methodology and preparation for working on a series like Angel? Hill: Well, you know I had to become a vampire. [Laughter] Hill: It’s hard, y’know, with the sunlight. Being a vampire in Los Angeles is surprisingly difficult. But you do the things you have to do and after I was a vampire for a while I had to get rid of the curse, learn a lot of magic, but I can walk in the sun again so I’m happy about that.

BNP: Must be nice to do in California. Hill: It’s great. And in addition to that, I watched the show, and I went to message boards. I saw what mattered to people about it and took note about what was emotionally resonating and all of that. I lived in Los Angeles, and I’m fascinated with the esoteric history of the city and the hidden culture and exploring that stuff on my own. So, I have been able to put some of that stuff in the book. Modernizing a Pop Culture Icon BNP: Outside of the inclusion of so…