I went to school in providence and his resting place is right there.īD: That’s so cool! I’d love to visit that. So that’s kind of the genesis of the idea and it takes big colorful and horrific form in issue two.īD: I’ve always found the ocean to be terrifying, probably because I read so much lovecraft when I was younger. With the things that could be hiding down there in the darkness, it seems like a ripe environment to do horror and when you’re isolated in a place like that, where you’re completely cut off from everybody, it feel like the kind of landscape where it’d be really easy to start to believe that things are happening that might seem implausible on the surface. It’s so close to us, yet there is so much that is unknown. The way it came up was that to me, there are only a few environments left in the world that are truly threatening because they are so deadly and unexplored, and the bottom of the ocean is the one, for me, that inspires the most terror and wonder. So you’ll see specifically in a more literal sense what I’m talking about in that issue. SS: For me, issue two really begins the sort of haunting of the rig in a really big way.

It’s also a story that has a big science fiction, post-apocalyptic component that will come into play as we go forward in the story.īD: You’ve described their underwater base as a haunted house at the bottom of the ocean, which is a really interesting concept. That’s as much as I’d give away for those who haven’t read the first issue. She goes and meets the other people they’ve assembled to investigate, and she realizes there is a much bigger mystery at stake, and a much bigger discovery down there than they initially lead on. So she’s kind of on the outs with the organization she used to work for, but she gets called by the government to come investigate a mysterious sound they found at the bottom of the ocean. She specializes aquatic mammals and their vocalization.

Scott Snyder: Lee is basically a marine biologist. Snyder took the time to chat about his love for deep-sea legends, creating a mythical creature, and working with Sean Murphy.īloody-disgusting: For those who haven’t picked up the first issue yet, tell us a bit about Lee Archer and how she gets involved in this creepy deep sea mission. The sci-fi/horror epic kicked off last month, and issue two hits shops today, June 26.

The story follows Lee Archer, a marine biologist who is called to assist with the discovery of a new creature from the deep. Even before Lovecraft, the fear of what lurks beneath has been potent in human history, and with “The Wake” Snyder offers his take on the horror from below. With “The Wake”, writer Scott Snyder and artist Sean Murphy are throwing back to classic oceanic myths and legends to deliver a sprawling deep-sea horror story.

The wake by scott snyder