For years Ed Brubaker has shown his love for crime comics, by writing some of the genre's best modern stories.

In collected works like SCENE OF THE CRIME with Michael Lark, SLEEPER his first series with Sean Phillips, and collaborating with pals Lark and writer Greg Rucka on the police procedural, GOTHAM CENTRAL.

In Part one of our conversation, Brubaker explains his plans for the new Icon series CRIMINAL, plus we take a look back at SLEEPER, and talk about his current run on CAPTAIN AMERICA.