Times of extreme adversity can sometimes produce the most poignant and beautifully bittersweet art. Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann’s 1943 opera Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, created while they were imprisoned in a Czech concentration camp during the Holocaust, has certainly stood the test of time. 80 years after the opera’s creation, comic book creators Dave Maass and Patrick Lay have adapted the opera into an original graphic novel, retaining the original narrative and its darkly quirky sense of humor, introducing it to new audiences in a new medium. Due out this January from Dark Horse Comics, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis is set in a world where Atlantis has become a technologically advanced dictatorship, full of escalating strife as Death takes a holiday.In the latest episode of CBR’s Dynamic Duos podcast, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ creative team of Dave Maass and Patrick Lay share the historical origins behind the story and their personal connection to it, recount how they traveled to the Czech Republic to visit where Kien and Ullmann were confined eight decades ago, and discuss what audiences can expect when the graphic novel debuts in January 2024.Listen on Apple Podcasts.
Times of extreme adversity can sometimes produce the most poignant and beautifully bittersweet art. Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann’s 1943 opera Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, created while they were imprisoned in a Czech concentration camp during the Holocaust, has certainly stood the test of time. 80 years after the opera’s creation, comic book creators Dave Maass and Patrick Lay have adapted the opera into an original graphic novel, retaining the original narrative and its darkly quirky sense of humor, introducing it to new audiences in a new medium. Due out this January from Dark Horse Comics, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis is set in a world where Atlantis has become a technologically advanced dictatorship, full of escalating strife as Death takes a holiday.
In the latest episode of CBR’s Dynamic Duos podcast, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ creative team of Dave Maass and Patrick Lay share the historical origins behind the story and their personal connection to it, recount how they traveled to the Czech Republic to visit where Kien and Ullmann were confined eight decades ago, and discuss what audiences can expect when the graphic novel debuts in January 2024.
Listen on Apple Podcasts.
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