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Category Archives: Interviews
Interview: Artist Echo Chernik at NYCC
Interview with comic artist Echo Chernik at the New York Comic Con. Continue reading
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Interview: Brain Food Comics at NYCC
Interview with Brain Food Comics at the New York Comic Con. Continue reading
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Interview: Comic Book Artist Guild at NYCC
An interview with the Comic Book Artist Guild at the New York Comic Con. Continue reading
Maximum Lifespan – Dr. Ed Park Interview
A few months back I reviewed Dr. Ed Park’s Maximum Lifespan, an intelligent and multifaceted sci-fi thriller set in world where medical technology is close to unlocking the secrets of immortality. Ed, a Californian physician practicing Ob-Gyn, Laser Aesthetics and Anti-Aging, financed the book himself, and it has to be one of the slickest self-published packages I’ve ever read.… read more
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Interview: Andrew McGinn on Writing ‘The Legacy’
I recently reviewed Andrew McGinn and David Neitzke’s The Legacy, a hilarious graphic novel about a young artist who inherits his father’s beloved newspaper comic strip “Simple Pleasures” and strives to make it the most offensive and reviled cartoon in America in order to get his commitment cancelled.
The Legacy is sharp, genuinely funny and its subject matter is … read more
Dave Gibbons Interview: On the Digital Artist 2009 Awards and Watchmen
I recently had the opportunity to talk to comic book veteran and Watchman co-creator Dave Gibbons. Dave is currently promoting the Digital Artist 2009 awards, but was also happy to share his thoughts on the virtues of digital illustration and digitally distributed comics.
Please tell us why you decided to get involved in the Digital Artist 2009 awards.
Well, you … read more
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Interview with Death Falcon Zero Co-writer Daniel Boyd
I recently spoke with Daniel Boyd, co-author of the illustrated novel Death Falcon Zero vs. The Zombie Slug Lords. Daniel is both an acclaimed filmmaker and film professor at West Virginia State University, who several years ago entered pro wrestling at the ripe age of 48. His wrestling alter ego, Professor Danger, appears in the book alongside his fellow Grapes … read more
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