Comic writer Cullen Bunn is the co-creator of Harrow County, The Sixth Gun, and The Damned. He has worked on Marvel titles like Uncanny X-Men and Deadpool, and has had recent hits with Red Zone at AWA and Ghostlore at BOOM! Studios. Bunn was a guest at the recent Heroes Convention, where he talked to Scoop about the con and what he is working on now.

Scoop: Are you having a good time this weekend?
Cullen Bunn (CB): Yeah, it’s been a good weekend.

Scoop: What do fans want to talk about this weekend?
CB: Right before the convention we announced that we’re doing a Kickstarter for The Sixth Gun in a couple of weeks. We’re not allowed to say what that Kickstarter is really for, except that it’s Sixth Gun-related. So, I’ve had a lot of people coming up and trying to get the secrets of what that Kickstarter’s going to be about. It’s funny, a few of them have gone down to talk to my collaborator Brian Hurtt and they’ll try to trick me and say, “Well, Brian was telling us what it was all about.” But, I haven’t been tricked yet. I’ve been keeping tight wraps on it.

Scoop: Can you tell me what else you are working?
CB: I’m doing a lot of creator-owned books. Currently, doing a book called Ghostlore for BOOM!, I’m doing a book called Door to Door, Night by Night for Vault, I’ve got a new series coming out at Dark Horse with my Sixth Gun collaborator, Brian Hurtt, that hasn’t been announced, but it’s called The Midnight Show, it’s going to be coming out in October. We’re doing a lot of stuff. I can’t give you any secrets for The Sixth Gun Kickstarter, except that… all secrets will be revealed in the next couple of weeks.

Scoop: Are there characters or titles you haven’t been on yet, that you’d like to work on?
CB: I’ve been very lucky, I feel like I’ve worked on most of the Marvel and DC characters that I really like. I would love to tackle some of the horror-centric characters at DC or Marvel – Etrigan the Demon, Man-Thing, Swamp Thing, Werewolf by Night. Any of the horror characters, I would love to tackle. But, I’m also okay if that doesn’t happen.

Scoop: How does Heroes Con compare to other shows?
CB: Heroes Con is a great show. It’s so creator-focused, and that’s really what I like about it the most. You can walk down the aisle and you’re seeing established creators, creators who are just getting started in the comic book world, and they’re very supportive of that – the writers and artists, colorists – everybody. They’re really supportive on the creator side of things and it comes across.

Scoop: We’re finally on the other side of the Covid pandemic. How do you think that time away from conventions has affected con culture?
CB: That’s tough to say. I feel like it’s…maybe my memory of con culture is a little different than what it was. I feel like it’s a little friendlier now. We’re not shaking hands and hugging everybody, but I feel like people came through this horrible thing and now we’re kind of bonded together because of the trauma.

Scoop: We’re all just so excited to see each other again.
CB: Yeah, that’s probably it. People are glad to be going to conventions again.

Scoop: Which cons are you attending this summer?
CB: I’m doing a few little shows. I’m doing Dragon Con in September, then a show in Fort Worth [Dallas Comic Show], I’m doing one in Kansas City [Planet Comicon], so I’m getting back into doing the conventions. Heroes Con was the big one for me this year, then Dragon Con.