Re-imagining the Buffyverse: Talking with Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert about ‘Hellmouth’

A Spooky Comic to Start a Spooky Month As I am conference called in, I hear Hellmouths’s cowriters talking excitedly. They explain to me that they are excited for Halloween now that it’s “basically around the corner.” And I mean, they are right. All of October is basically a lead up to the holiday. As such, it’s fitting that this particular October is starting out with the release of Hellmouth #1. You may have already read the review, but we were lucky enough to get a chance to talk with the co-writers of the crossover event.

Masterminds The writing team for the rebooted Buffyverse crossover event is comprised of Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert.

Jordie Belaire is a two-time Eisner winning colorist who has worked on titles like Vision, Batman, Deadpool as a colorist, and writes Redlands as well being the primary author behind the new 2019 Buffy The Vampire Slayer solo title. Jeremy Lambert is the writer of DC’s Doom Patrol: Weight of the World, and Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight, and has worked as a casting director for films like Furious 7 and La La Land.

Much like their contemporary, Bryan Hill on Angel, the two were excited and passionate about the project. A Modernization When asked about their feelings rebooting the franchise for 2019, their responses were similar. Joride talked about how it was “a cathartic release, a chance to go over certain things that were taboo in the 90’s.” She had been used to the grueling timelines as a colorist, but nothing could have pr…