By Walt Hickey
Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.
This week, I spoke to the comics creator Punko at New York Comic Con!
She is the creator of the horror comic Stagtown and the ongoing (and personal favorite) fantasy webtoon Cinderella Boy.
Stagtown is a psychological mystery horror comic that’s a perfect read for spooky season, I would describe it as Junji Ito-meets-X Files paranoia-infused webtoon; Cinderella Boy is the smash-hit high concept romance comic with some particularly visually striking fantasy elements, and I contend is one of the best ongoing reads right now. This week was especially exciting for Punko with the release of the first print volume of Stagtown: Volume One.
Punko was one of the early birds when it came to vertically-scrolling comics, she’s super insightful about the how the medium of comics is evolving and where audiences are now looking, and given the book adaptations of her webtoon and the in-development film adaptation of Stagtown by Margot Robbie’s prod…