Interviewed by Shawn Swanson

Pirat Tales Website
Pirat Tales Blog
Dan Taylor’s Blog
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“Pirat Tales: The Legend of the Cat O’ Nine Tails” will be hitting your local comic shop November 26, 2008. This brand new title from IDW publishing looks to be a really cool read. Pirat Tales is written and created by Dan Taylor (Ninja Bandito, Hero Happy Hour) with illustrations by Orlando Baez (Family Bones), and colored beautifully by Juan Mar (Bloodrayne). After looking at some finished pages we, here at Hero Spy, were completely intrigued by this rat-infested high sea adventure. So with a heap of effort and a bit of good old-fashioned persistence, we were able to nail down the very talented, and incredibly busy Dan Taylor for a quick interview.

With Pirat Tales hitting stores in November, now is a great time to pre-order a copy. Here is a great site to do just that: TFAW.com

#1. Tell us about Pirat Tales: The Legend of the Cat O’ Nine Tails?

If the readers are familiar with the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Errol Flynn movies, and The Pirates of the Caribbean, than they’ll know what to expect within the pages of Pirat Tales. The main difference is that the characters are all rats, and one young mouse. Pirat Tales: The Legend of the Cat O’ Nine Tails is a classic treasure hunt. Legend has it that the notorious Blud Brothers stashed a hoard of treasure equaling the ransom of many kings on an uncharted island before their death. The heart of the story is the relationship between the infamous Captain Blacktail of the sailing ship the Vile Vermin and its newest crewmember, the young mouse known as Pip. It is a high seas adventure which has the young mouse traveling to the mysterious Blud Island and seeking the treasure guarded by the Cat O’ Nine Tails. Continue reading »