![]() So, the legend of the black cat IS a thing…at least a myth. “Oh yea, apparently there is a black cat on every Iron Maiden album.” When pressed for details, only a shrug of the shoulders was given as a reply. ![]() I casually asked, “Have you heard something about Derek Riggs and black cats?” His response was immediate. I put the question to a close friend that happened to be a Maiden fanatic. If not for fruitless inquires posed by random Iron Maiden fans, I would have doubted its existence entirely. A Google search yielded no conclusive evidence. I wondered if the concept was some half-invented figment of my imagination. The black cat legend is rarely discussed. One particularly murky legend is that a black cat is hidden in each Iron Maiden album. From seedy underworlds of urban decay to Egyptian pyramids and hostile ice planets, creator Derek Riggs has famously buried jokes and messages in the landscapes that Eddie called home. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).Eddie has been the face of Iron Maiden since day one. ![]() Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Read the entire interview from MetalSucks.īLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. At this point, it's like, "How do you want your zombie? Would you like him with a burning city behind him or with lightning? Do you want him boiled or fried?" ![]() And I got into artwork to do good artwork, not to satisfy an art director by making boring crap. But I can already tell you - "That's not going to work." Fucking around with different options… when I tell you it won't work, it won't work. Look, you can have an art director who wants to see six different versions of something because he's ten years old. Initially it looked all right, but then I thought the better of it. But they asked me to sign another contract with them. Riggs: Well, I've done a few paintings for them since then. MetalSucks: You could have held it hostage, right? Weren't you leaving money on the table by not being an asshole? And I wasn't going to be doing anything else with Eddie, so why not let them have it? But the bottom line was that I'd had enough of doing it. But the rights to the character haven't been bought or sold - so that's still all floating out there. I just said, "Forget it, I've had enough." I mean, they gave me some money. There was so much bullshit around "Fear Of The Dark". At that point, it just became too painful to keep doing it. I couldn't work with their management, and I still can't really. Riggs: Well, it probably wasn't the smartest business decision, but I didn't really care. ![]() This has included giving them Eddie without further claims on it. MetalSucks: What I've read says that you ended things with IRON MAIDEN and walked away. Riggs spoke about the inspiration behind his art, its evolution over time, and the tenuous relationship he had with the band's management that eventually resulted in his walking away. Longtime IRON MAIDEN album cover artist Derek Riggs recently spoke with MetalSucks correspondent Justin Foley about the work Derek did for the legendary U.K. ![]()
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