Oct 1, 2017
The Hall H Show podcast recently caught up with Zack Kaplan at Long Beach Comic Con 2017. Zack is the writer and creator of the comic book Eclipse, which is published by Top Cow Comics.
While he started out as an actor and studied theatre and was more interested in being in front of the camera, he eventually realized that he would rather be do things behind the camera.
After making his way to Los Angeles and while studying film at USC, Zack worked a few odd jobs before finding success with his comic book , Eclipse.
Past odd jobs included working as an agent’s assistant, doing cater waiting, teaching film and TV writing, and also working as a poker dealer.
In fact the inspiration for Eclipse came during numerous trips back home at sunrise after a long night of either dealing…or playing cards.
Eclipse is a dystopian story about a society living underground during the day, due to a catastrophic solar event. Add a killer on the loose, killing people with sunlight and you have the makings of not only an interesting comic book, but also a movie or even a TV series…oh wait I guess you’ll have to listen to the rest of the podcast for that.
He also gives great advice for aspiring creators and he even gives us a preview of his new comic book called “Port of Earth” which is coming out in November 2017.
We hope you enjoy our Hall H Show podcast conversation with Zack Kaplan and if you are going to New York Comic Con and Los Angeles Comic Con…please go check him out!