Road to ‘Bitter Root’: An Interview with Sanford Greene

BNP had the chance to link up with the creators of Bitter Root to talk about their much-anticipated series at Image. If you’re unfamiliar with Bitter Root, it’s a story that takes place during the Harlem Renaissance, and it follows a family that hunts monsters that are fueled by hatred and bigotry. This interview is with eye-popping artist Sanford Greene, who you may know from his run on Marvel’s Power Man & Iron Fist, as well as doing variant covers for Black Panther. This is the first of three individual interviews with the creators leading up to Bitter Root’s release on November 14th. For a more in-depth look at the series, check out this conversation with co-writer David Walker from San Diego Comic Con. Black Nerd Problems: The anticipation for this comic is crazy. I’ve been following your work since you were at Marvel. But you’ve obviously worked on other books. Is this the first creator-owned comic you’ve worked on? Sanford: Technically, it’s not. I’m actually a co-creator with Chuck Brown (Co-writer of Bitter Root) on a very, very, very limited series called Rotten Apple that was over at Dark Horse. We were slated to do a series over there, but then Marvel came calling about doing this thing called Power Man & Iron Fist, and the rest is history on that. BNP: Coming from Marvel and starting this Creator-Owned journey, the built-in audience isn’t exactly the same. Do you find that this makes you more eager or anxious about the book’s release? S: It’s all of the a…