GLENN DANZIG Expands His Universe To Comic Books, Films

Glenn Danzig recently spoke to Steve Baltin of AOL Music about the 14-year gap between his "Black Aria" album, which reached No. 1 on the classical charts in 1992, and its long-in-development sequel, "Black Aria II".

"The reason it took so long is that my touring and recording schedule for DANZIG just became so crazy and there was no time," he tells AOL Music. "I think I had it finished and written in, like, 2000, and I just couldn't find the time between touring and recording to go in, sit down and devote the time to do it."

Another of those various other gigs Danzig refers to is that of comic-book publisher, through his company Verotik. Nowadays, comic books turned into film franchises are as tried-and-true as sequels. So why not have Danzig's ink-and-paper characters join the fray? He says the transition from comics to films for some of his creations might occur sooner than later. "A lot of people are calling about the Verotik characters now, and I've been writing a bunch of scripts," he tells AOL Music. One book was close to making the transition. "We did have 'Gerouge' with a production company we pulled it from, and now we're talking to two other production companies right now about bringing it there," he says of the miniseries he wrote about turn-of -the-20th-century New Orleans voodoo.

As a film buff who hopes to direct, Danzig has clear ideas of several of the actors he'd love to see bring his characters into the cinematic realm. "I know that if we ever did 'Jaguar God', one of the guys I always considered for Jaguar God would be Javier Bardem," he says of the Spanish actor. "He did this really cool movie I love called 'Dance With the Devil'." Danzig also has British actor Gary Oldman at the top of his his want list. "He'd be perfect for almost any Verotik character that's creepy."