ECCC Spotlight 2019: David Walker & Brett Weldele’s ‘One Fall’ Wrestles Its Way To Self Publication

Black Nerd Problems caught up with David Walker (Bitter Root, Naomi, Power Man and Iron Fist) and Brett Weldele (Surrogates, Pariah, The Light) about their new crowd-funded comic One Fall. The story follows Jimmy “Resurrecter” King, a wrestler with an inherited ability to rise from the dead. And it ain’t no gimmick. In a world where vampires, werewolves and other monsters exist, you’d think this would be dope. But when you’re a wrestler who can’t die, everyone wants to be the one who finally takes you out.

One Fall Black Nerd Problems: One Fall has got a lot of different ideas meshed together. There’s wrestling, monsters, a little bit of magic. What was the inception of the idea? The one aspect of it that came before everything else? David Walker: It was definitely the wrestling aspect. Brett can address that a little bit. Brett Weldele: Yeah I’d been working on One Fall for a while on my own. I was just making drawings and coming up with ideas. The inception was that I’d always wanted to do a wrestling book…and I had a lot of ideas for it. I just didn’t know how to put all the ideas together. So I approached David about a year ago at a show because we both have similar interests in Grindhouse films. I kind of wanted a grittier kind of vibe for it so we just came together and started bouncing ideas back and forth and that’s how we got here. DW: Yeah I mean it’s been more than ten years since Brett and I met. We see each other at conventions and around town. And I was alway…