Reprint Kevin O'Neil Talks Marshal Law and League Of Extraordinary Gentleman 2009

On this edition of the Word Balloon podcast, we present aconversation with artist Kevin O'Neil, to discuss this month'srelease of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III):Century #1 ("1910") drawn by O'Neil and written by Alan Moore.Kevin discusses the background of the story, and his views on past characters likeMister Hyde Mina Murray, the mysterious Orlando, and the Family line of Captain Nemo.His thoughts on the LXG film, and the origins and future plans of his co-creation with Pat Mills, Marshal Law .The interview does cover plot points and setting that have been discussed in other previewarticles and reviews of the book, so beware.Her are some non spoiler quotes from the talk...On the inclusion of Nemo's daughter in the 1910 League."She occupies a great part of the story, and we will follow her in later books."On the process of putting the literary cameos and pop culture easter eggs in a subtle way."We just have to tread a careful line as to how we populate the book..as we proceed with incredible numbers of different characters in street scenesand backgrounds or newspaper headlines ...it's a lot of work, but we realizewe have these Jess Nevins books analyze every single panel and we knowa lot of people who like that it...however if you don't know the references,it won't spoil the enjoyment of the story, it's just another layer offictional stuff going on alongside the main story."