Radiant Black is Blowing Up: An interview with Its Writer, Kyle Higgins

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Segments:
Intro: (0:00)
Darkhawk and MS: (3:35)
Filmmaking Background: (13:34)
The Kuleshov Effect: (16:35)
How Kyle Broke Into Comics: (20:07)
Getting into Creator Owned Comics with Rod Reis: (27:24)
Hints at the Future of Radiant Black: (30:57)
Writing the Transforming Hero: (32:40)
Writing Power Rangers: (34:12)
Writing Ultraman: (42:40)
Optimism within Writing: (44:34)
Working with Power Rangers Actor Jason David Frank: (47:17)
Becoming Popular: (50:28)
Chris Gushes Over Radiant Black: (52:34)
Radiant Black's Storytelling Structure: (50:39)
Working with Co-Writers: (1:05:04)
Blacklight Issue: (1:12:24)
Are There Too Many Radiant Black Spinoffs?: (1:17:51)
Kyle Interviews Comic Tropes: (1:30:22)
Plugs for Upcoming Books: (1:33:44)
The Batman Used Some of Kyle's Batman: (1:35:44)

Kyle Higgins is a writer with over a decade of experience working with Marvel, DC, Boom, and Image Comics. One of his current books, Radiant Black, is a creator owned superhero title whose popularity has recently led to Image releasing a series of related titles in a shared universe. This interview digs into Kyle Higgins' background and how that influences his writing style.

We discuss how Kyle has carved out a niche writing comics about transforming heroes: Power Rangers: Shattered Grid at Boom, Ultraman and Darkhawk at Marvel, Radiant Black through Image. How do you find new angles to the concept?

We have a deep dive into Radiant Black itself: what makes the title connect with readers today? What's the process for working with various co-writers on the book? Are the related books spinoffs and does that make it intimidating to new readers?