Voodoo Child is a comic book

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 limited series

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 published by Virgin Comics, and created by Nicolas Cage

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 and his son Weston Coppola Cage

Weston Coppola Cage

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The series is written by Mike Carey with art by Dean Hyrapiet. The cover for the premiere issue was created by Ben Templesmith

Ben Templesmith

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Synopsis

The story revolves around the post-Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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 setting of New Orleans, and features Voodoo

Louisiana Voodoo

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 mythology. The son of a Unionist sympathizer is resurrected at his dying breath by the power of a Voodoo priest in the 1800s. In 2005 New Orleans, Detective Robert Julien tries to solve the mystery of why several young girls have disappeared.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a single volume

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• Voodoo Child (144 pages, softcover, February 2008, ISBN 1934413135, hardcover, May 2008, ISBN 0981480802)

External links

• Mike Carey's post about the comic
• Cage and Branson open whole new comic book, The Times
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• Cage and son work comic 'Voodoo', USA TODAY
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Interviews

• Nic and Weston Cage on Voodoo Child, Newsarama
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  , July 2, 2007
• The Family Voodoo: Nicolas Cage Q&A
• Life and Undeath in the Big Easy: Carey Talks “Voodoo Child”, Comic Book Resources
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  , September 11, 2007
• The Virgin Days Of Mike Carey - Talking The Stranded And Voodoo Child, Newsarama
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  , October 9, 2007