“There's been Hollywood interest in a lot of the stuff that I've done, but Descender's felt different right from the start for whatever reason. I don't know if that's because a lot of my other stuff's a little more idiosyncratic, and 'Descender' has a bit more of a high concept to it.”

Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist, and television producer

Jeff Lemire is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist, and television producer. He is known for acclaimed graphic novels and for work across major publishers in American comics. His best-known titles include the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, and The Nobody. He has also written for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image Comics, and Valiant, with series such as All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight, Old Man Logan, Superboy, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Green Arrow, Absolute Flash, Black Hammer, Mazebook, Descender, Gideon Falls, and Bloodshot Reborn.