When sometime-superheroes get somewhat autobiographical…
When the combined comics of one creative Calgarian threaten to overwhelm the humble corner of the interweb that they occupy…
One name resounds clearly amidst the din. (the din?)
Damian Willcox is… dorkboy.
(cue theatrical John Williams knockoff score)
This week’s interviewee is Ethan Rilly, the Toronto-based author and artist of Pope Hats. Pope Hats # 1 was a Xeric Foundation Grant-winning comic book that obtained high praise for its fresh art, natural dialogue, and quirky narrative. I talked to Ethan about his graphic novel follow-up to Pope Hats # 1, as well as his illustrative background and finding a balance between non-artistic-work and cartooning.
Adam Bourret wrote a comic book called I’m Crazy, which was about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Gay Romance, Hallucinations, Drugs, and Secrets. If this doesn’t pique your initial interest, you probably wouldn’t be interested in this interview and I would instead highly recommend visiting the official website for the Family Circus (http://www.familycircus.com/).
If you are interested, in this post Adam talks about winning the Best English Award at Expozine, how people living with OCD have responded to his book, and why he wouldn’t do another regular webcomic. He also talks about his next book, “Mighty Ernestine”. Awesomeness ensues.
This week The Fabler Blog chats up Eric Vedder, creator of the Transmission X webcomic Aardehn and penciler for Udon Comics.
Eric aka Ved! aka The World’s Greatest Detective was more than willing to divulge critical info about his experience working on Darkstalkers, his influences with the webcomic Aardehn, and how posting an update to his webcomic predominantly featuring probing tentacles made him uneasy (also the reasoning behind why he posted it anyway).
Hordak, Baloo the Bear, Judas Priest, and Snow Leopards: What do these things all have in common?
A: They are all topics of conversation when I interview Kelly Tindall, the Montreal-based artist responsible for all of those nifty backup stories in the Image Comics title Proof.