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WTF (or Armchair Expert or SmartLess) for #comics! We interview anyone involved in the making of comic books and animation about their careers and craft.
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Rick Parker
Send us a Text Message.If you don't know Rick Parker, you don't know funny. Over a four decade career, the man has done just about everything in the comic book and cartoonimg world, starting as a letterer for Marvel in the late 70s. Rick is perhaps best known (in comics) for his art on the Beavis and Butt-Head comic that Marvel produced in the mid-90s. He's also worked with Harvey Pekar, done graphic novel parody projects for the Papercutz imprint, has created gallery-worthy fine art, and has...
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Andy Diggle
Send us a Text Message.Diggle me this: how does a bloke from the other side of the pond not only break into American comics but become one of the industry's leading writers? When it comes to Andy Diggle, it's about a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck. After starting as an editor on such UK magazines as Judge Dredd, Sonic the Comic, and 2000 AD (in the year 2000 AD!), Andy started writing his own stories in the same magazines. Then it was off to America, where he started writing for Ve...
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Stephen Shaskan (Pizza and Taco)
Send us a Text Message.If you have young kids, you probably know Stephen Shaskan. He's the author and illustrator of picture books, including Big Choo, Toad on the Road, Max Speed, The Three Triceratops Tuff, and A Dog Is a Dog. But he may be best known for his graphic novel series Pizza and Taco. Stephen has also collaborated with his wife Trisha Speed Shaskan on a number of projects. You can follow Stephen on his site stephenshaskan.com, on Instagram @stephenshaskan, or on X @sshaskan...
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Michael Avon Oeming
Send us a Text Message.A creator so nice, they named him thrice! Michael Avon Oeming has been killing it the past three decades, first as an artist, then as a writer, and now as a full-on auteur with his new book William of Newbury! Starting with a Judge Dredd miniseries, Michael came out of the gate strong with stints on Atomic Robo, Bluntman & Chronic, and Bulletproof Monk, which was turned into a movie. Then he hit it out of the park with his pal Brian Michael Bendis on Powers, his sup...
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Indie Spotlight: Mike Kingston (Headlocked Comics)
Send us a Text Message.What do you get by marrying wrestling and comics? Headlocked Comics of course! Mike Kingston is the man behind the indie publisher, which started in 2007 with barely enough funds to pay for printing. Mike and Headlocked have come a long way since then. Wrestlers themselves have contributed art and stories to the comics, and in 2017, the company raised $100K for their Kickstarter project! Headlocked is still going strong, and Mike tells us about all the ins and outs in t...
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Art Thibert
Send us a Text Message.Here's another masterful inker who eventually transcended those bold black lines to become a penciller and creator in his own right! We're talking about Art Thibert, who broke into the big time inking Dan Jurgens on Adventures of Superman in the early 90s. Big X-related gigs followed at Marvel before moving over to Image to take on cornerstone books like Spawn, Supreme, and Brigade. Back at Marvel and X-Men in the later 90s, Art took on X-Factor, Uncanny X-Men, Bishop, ...