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Bachalo discusses his approach to visualizing Death as a character combining youthful freedom with quiet wisdom, and explains his deliberate shift from the colorful, experimental panel design of Shade the Changing Man to a simpler, muted palette for Death: The High Cost of Living. He covers his background (breaking in via a Sandman fill-in, then Shade), his philosophy of depicting women respectfully, and his upcoming work continuing Shade through at least issue #50 under the Vertigo label.

Gaiman discusses the premise and production of the Death: The High Cost of Living miniseries, including his collaboration with Chris Bachalo (following the falling-out between Mike Dringenberg and editor Karen Berger), and the forthcoming AIDS-awareness story featuring Death. He also covers the ongoing Sandman arc "Brief Lives," his plans to write Spawn #10 (featuring an angelic assassin he calls "Angela"), and the Signal to Noise and Mr. Punch projects with Dave McKean. He expresses cautious optimism about DC's new Vertigo imprint, with Death as its first title.

Lobdell discusses the creation of Generation X, the new X-Men spin-off he is writing with artist Chris Bachalo, set at the Massachusetts Academy and led by Banshee and Emma Frost. He explains his vision of bringing optimism back to superhero comics, how he broke into Marvel through years of writing minor characters before being handed Uncanny X-Men under deadline pressure, and addresses rumors about his relationship with editor Bob Harras.