The Addiction Stars Mr. Licorice and Bette Noir: Exclusive Interview
Aug 28, 2024
Two of the most colorful stars of The Addiction took time out from their busy agenda of melodrama and mayhem to chat with PREVIEWSworld ace reporter Berndt Merkin. Here’s a transcript:
PW: Thanks for talking with me! Fans of your exciting new comic series have embraced you and want to know more about your –
Mister Licorice: The pleasure is most definitely yours. But it’s true. The world has come to its senses at long last – Licorice is here!
Bette Noir: He’s the Cavalier of Candy and the Lord of Lollipops! He’s my Sugar Daddy and he just don’t stop!
Mister Licorice: Of course I advised the corporate suits they should rebrand the title, “Tales of Sugar-Coated Genius,” but my gifts? Never appreciated. Sad.
PW: Can you reveal more to readers about your secret origin?
Mister Licorice: Define secret, little man. I am huge in North Korea.
PW: Uh… okay…
Bette Noir: Our uncanny origin? Cool cool cool, so listen, I dropped outta the Corona School of Beauty back in Queens to pursue my passion… social media influencer an’ TikTok Idol. Then I spied an intriguing little pop-up on gunho.co: “Sidekick wanted. Will train. Fame Awaits.” An’ the rest is Underworld History. Enjoyatreat!
Mister Licorice: Don’t let her kawaii facade fool you, honey, she’ll toast your marshmallows.
Bette Noir: Awww, too sweet.
Mister Licorice: Now comes the candied climax! For we know what you really crave, the delicious backstory of our book’s true mega star, the one and only –
PW: Yes, I was dying to ask, what’s the book’s main character, Dr. Niki Tino, really like in person? Smart? Sexy? Totally kick ass?
(silence)
Bette Noir: Uh Oh, you like living on the edge, don’t you?
(loud exhaling sound)
Mister Licorice: Listen, Fun Size, mention that nasty woman again and you just might wake up in my Candy-Coated Death-Trap ™. I’ve invented more candy-themed weapons and devised more sticky sweet crimes than Martha Stewart! Strangulation by super-tensile licorice strands! Tacky traps of marshmallowy goo! But do I get the credit I deserve? No! I was even fired for my breakthrough invention, Man Candy ™, my sucrose super-soldier formula! And to add insult to injury, my milestone comic book debut wasn’t even in a first issue!
Bette Noir: Yeah, lame-o, Addiction Comics creeps.
PW: Listen, I’ve been meaning to ask. If you want to be taken seriously, then seriously, why, um, why candy?
Bette Noir: Ooooch. Enjoyatreat, pal.
(Sound of male voice shrieking – then recording is abruptly terminated. End of interview.)
Order This Issue in September: The Addiction #3: The Death of Your Life (Book Three of Three) -
Never underestimate the Toxic Twins, Mister Licorice and Bette Noir! Extreme combat! Exploding candy! Mind-wrenching chemical assault! Dr. Niki Tino fights to master her strange powers - all while reliving her traumatic origin! Don't miss the climax of our first series, "DEATH BY LICORICE TWIST!"
Never underestimate the Toxic Twins, Mister Licorice and Bette Noir! Extreme combat! Exploding candy! Mind-wrenching chemical assault! Dr. Niki Tino fights to master her strange powers - all while reliving her traumatic origin! Don't miss the climax of our first series, "DEATH BY LICORICE TWIST!"
Never underestimate the Toxic Twins, Mister Licorice and Bette Noir! Extreme combat! Exploding candy! Mind-wrenching chemical assault! Dr. Niki Tino fights to master her strange powers - all while reliving her traumatic origin! Don't miss the climax of our first series, "DEATH BY LICORICE TWIST!"
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