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But really we had to keep that ambiguous вЂ“ is it a male or a female вЂ“ so yeah weвЂ™re very careful to talk about things in the comics that we know happened. If youвЂ™ll notice in the last comic, Conviction with James Vega we had a little shot in there of Shepard at one point shackled. If youвЂ™ll notice in the comics weвЂ™re very careful to sort of avoid certain things. How do you work with canon for this sort of thing? SG: ThatвЂ™s hard to do if some of them arenвЂ™t even alive in some peoplesвЂ™ games. We know the fans love them so its an obvious place to start. MW: I think that would be a logical place to start from, some of the main characters, especially the ones who have been through all three games вЂ“ your Ashes and Kaidans, Tali, Garrus, whoever. SG: So would we then maybe, possibly see some of our main squadmates starring in some of these? Whether itвЂ™s introducing new characters to the universe or new timelines or whatever we want to do or whether itвЂ™s taking the existing characters and expanding on them more which is always a lot of fun to do. So I think as long as we keep doing these things in the future вЂ“ and at this point thereвЂ™s no plans to stop вЂ“ they will be character based. And yeah maybe not everyone is a fan of Liara or The Illusive Man or Aria or whoever, but there are fans out there and they want to know more about them. So right from the start we made a conscientous effort with Dark Horse to say these all have to be about a character that people love and know. ItвЂ™s the characters that draw people in, that theyвЂ™re attached to and they want to know more about it. MW: We donвЂ™t have anything announced or planned right now but we see all the passion and all the interest that there is in Mass Effect, and IвЂ™m biased, but as a writer I think it is the characters. Are you planning on doing more of that with some of the side characters weвЂ™ve seen throughout the games? SG: The characters in Mass Effect are all very complex, interesting and deep, so itвЂ™s great to see someone like Aria getting her own comic.

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But sure, when youвЂ™re pulling your hair out trying to figure out how to do it in the video games it is nice to just say yep weвЂ™re just telling this story. I think thatвЂ™s what drew me to video games and drew me to Bioware specifically. I love the challenges of branching narrative and making sure thereвЂ™s player agency in the game, that the player can choose what they want to do. SG: Is that kind of refreshing to be able to tell that kind of story?

So I just say hey this is the story weвЂ™re gonna tell and we tell it. The reader doesnвЂ™t get to make their choice like they do in the game. No you canвЂ™t do that.вЂќ Otherwise I find it easier writing for the comics because itвЂ™s a linear story. ItвЂ™s usually just the fight scenes, the action sequences, stuff like that where IвЂ™ve imagined something crazy and theyвЂ™re like вЂњNo. But I have a great editor, Dave Marshall. They always tell me you canвЂ™t do that much on a page, you canвЂ™t do that much in a panel. For me itвЂ™s just pulling back on it, probably. You have to think visually when youвЂ™re doing it. And fortunately one of the the similarities is that I think very visually when I do my writing and comics is a nice translation for that. Reading them doesnвЂ™t necessarily mean you know how to write them, per se. I think a lot of it was just understanding the nuances of writing for comics.

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MW: I think for me, fortunately now IвЂ™m on my third series with the comics so IвЂ™m not a noob anymore and Dark Horse has been very patient with me. What are some of the differences and challenges going from one to the other? SG: Video games and comics are obviously completely different mediums.

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A brand new issue is hitting stands tomorrow, October 19th and Mac was nice enough to talk to me about it and some other Mass Effect tidbits.

New York Comic Con was a crazy time and I was lucky enough to get to interview, Mac Walters, Lead Writer on the Mass Effectseries and author of the awesome Mass Effect comics from Dark Horse. Mac Walters Talks Mass Effect Comics with Save Game