On Episode 85 of the Capes and Tights Podcast we are joined by Rich Douek and Alex Cormack to discuss their comic series Breath of Shadows at IDW Publishing.
Douek is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated writer of original series like Sea of Sorrows, Road of Bones, and Wailing Blade, as well as writing for Wastelanders: Star Lord, Superman: Red and Blue, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Universe.
Born and bred in New York City, he currently lives across the river in Montclair, NJ, where he works as a creative director in advertising when he’s not busy writing comics. He is an award-winning Copywriter and Creative Director, having developed advertising campaigns for clients such as Snickers, FedEx, and Foot Locker.
His work has been featured on The Hollywood Reporter, SyfyWire, Nerdist, Rue Morgue Magazine, and elsewhere.
Cormack is an illustrator and animator whose works include the critically acclaimed Sink from ComixTribe Publishing, Red Dog from 451 media, the official prequel to the motion picture Hardcore Henry, Hardcore Akan from STX Entertainment and Bliss on Tap Publishing, and Road of Bones from IDW Publishing. He has also done work for Adult Swim, Oni Press, and KRS Comics.
Rich Douek and Alex Cormack’s Breath of Shadows
It’s 1968. On the fast track to becoming one of his era’s most iconic rock stars, Jimmy Meadows should be basking in the glow of newly acquired wealth and fame. Instead, crushed by the weight of a debilitating heroin addiction, Jimmy is on the verge of losing everything—until an old friend tips him off to an unorthodox treatment method hidden in the depths of the South American jungle.
With fair-weather friends, local opportunists, and industry sycophants in tow, Jimmy sets off in search of what he’s sure will be a miracle cure. But as the excursion veers off course and the realities of their environment begin to bleed together with Jimmy’s paranoia and drug-induced hallucinations, the team quickly descends into a nightmare of bloody chaos populated by unspeakable horrors that surpass even the most brutal drug trip.
