The Beat chatted with Lieberman in regards to the return to Purple Sonja.
Deanna Destito: You might have an extended historical past with Sonja. Why do you want returning to her?
Luke Lieberman: I by no means left. I’m throughout all of the publishing, however once I write one thing myself it’s as a result of I really feel actually impressed. There’s a story I’m compelled to place out into the world.
Destito: What can followers previous and new count on from this new sequence?
Lieberman: An excellent Sonja story. Since this one includes a youthful Sonja coming to phrases with loss of life there’s numerous bloodshed. There may be additionally an angsty, fiery, unstable teenager wrestling along with her soul and attempting to repair one thing she broke.
Destito: How does this story slot in with the Purple Sonja canon thus far?
Lieberman: It is a bookend to Beginning of a She Satan. There she murdered the Sultan of Turan (and he deserved it), however now the nation is tearing itself aside with warlords and non secular cults all attempting to grab the throne.
Destito: How has it been working with this inventive group?
Lieberman: I waited to put in writing this till we discovered the suitable artist. I’m introducing a brand new character, Cold, and he, Sonja, and the story general deserved a particular hand. Alberto has a very distinctive type that matches the storytelling.
Destito: Should you might group Sonja up with any character throughout any media, who would it not be and why?
Lieberman: I’d throw her into Recreation of Thrones or Lord of the Rings and see how that performed out.
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