It’s bonus episode time, as the AIPT Comics podcast hosts comic book writer Matthew Rosenberg! We unpack his new series We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us, a new Image Comics series launching on March 26, 2025. We also talk about the midway point of DC vs. Vampires: World War V, and we get some teases in too.
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Interview: Matthew Rosenberg
We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us #1 out March 26 (FOC March 3)
Artist Stefano Landini
Colorist Roman Titov
Letters Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Story and Themes
- We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us blends super-spies, mad scientists, and robots with themes of family and revenge. What drew you to this mix of genres and how did it shape the story’s tone?
- Annalise’s journey is centered around two big choices—revenge or normalcy. What inspired this core conflict, and how do you balance her emotional arc with the high-stakes action?
- Favorite James Bond?
- You’ve worked on grounded crime stories like 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank and more fantastical ones like What’s the Furthest Place From Here? How does We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us build on or depart from those previous works?
- Family seems to be a recurring theme in much of your work. What’s unique about the father-daughter relationship in this story?
Characters and Development
- The story leans into some wild concepts—super-spies, futuristic tech, and global domination. Were there any particular influences from spy fiction, sci-fi, or pop culture that helped shape these elements?
Process and Legacy
- You’ve mentioned this story turned out funnier and more heartfelt than you originally planned. Were there any moments during the writing process where you surprised yourself with how the story evolved?
- With your earlier work, like 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, now being adapted into a film, how do you think your storytelling has changed or evolved over the years, and how does We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us reflect that growth?
Fun/Silly Question
- If Annalise’s robot bodyguards were to pick a theme song for their revenge mission, what song would they choose and why?
Boots made for walking
DC vs. Vampires Questions
- Switching gears to DC vs. Vampires World War V, we already spoke wayyyyy back in August about the series before it launched, but with the special DC vs. Vampires: World War V – Darkness and Light #1 and essentially half the maxiseries out, (#7 out Mar 12th, 2025), how are you digging the fan reaction?
- With “DC vs. Vampires: World War V – Darkness and Light #1” releasing this week, Are there themes or messages you’re particularly excited to explore in this installment?
- Alfred is becoming more or less the “good” guy main character, Can you discuss the psychological and moral complexities you aimed to portray in Alfred as he navigates his new identity as a GL?
- If DC vs. Vampires was made in 2026 riffing off the Absolute Universe, how would it be different?
- Anything you could tease for the second half of this series?
