Matt Chats: Chris Sebela on Mount Everest thriller High Crimes, Telling Shorter Stories, and...
Chris Sebela discusses the rerelease of High Crimes, the comic that put him and artist Ibrahim Moustafa on the map, about the symbolism of Everest, optioning his work, and the realities of making comics.
Matt Chats: Shaun Simon on Magic in Storytelling and Settling in with Wizard Beach
Shaun Simon discusses letting go of what he should be writing and focusing on fun with Boom Studio's Wizard Beach.
Matt Chats: Rich Douek on Worldbuilding, Assembling a Creative Team, and Swinging His ‘Wailing...
Writer Rich Douek discusses developing a fantasy world, accommodating setbacks, and how ComixTribe's Wailing Blade changed in the making.
Matt Chats: Declan Shalvey on Wolverine, Injection, Learning from Scripting Comics, and Why He...
Superstar artist Declan Shalvey discusses taking over on Return of Wolverine, the status of Injection, his experience writing comics, and more.
Matt Chats: NHOJ on 1300 Daily Comics and 2018’s Effect on Making Art
Cartoonist NHOJ opens up about the tumultuousness of 2018's effect on making comics, the increased sense of nihilism in his work, and passing 1000 Daily Comics.
Matt Chats: Ben Dewey on Choosing Projects, the State of Autumnlands, and Finding Joy...
Like many, I first learned of Ben Dewey and his art through Autumnlands, where his luscious brushwork combines with Jordie Bellaire’s colors to breathe life into the animal-populated world. Since then I discovered his...
Matt Chats: Marshall Dillon on Favorite Lettering Assignments, Branching Out, and Learning to Write...
The best lettering is often so subtle you don’t even notice it. Marshall Dillon certainly blends his lettering with the page to make one indistinguishable from the other, but he first caught my eye...
Matt Chats: Mat Groom on That SELF/MADE Reveal and Reframing Society Through Fantasy
One of the things I liked most about the first issue of SELF/MADE is how it hints about the strange world Amala inhabits until the last page brings everything to a head, giving us...
Matt Chats: Mat Groom on the Imbalance between the Creation and Its Creator in...
In my interview with Kyle Higgins, he mentioned that he is editing a new Image comic called Self/Made, describing it as exploring “relationship between a creation and their creator.” I was captivated by the...
Matt Chats: James McCulloch on Writing Horror While Avoiding the Dark Places
I came across James McCulloch work by pure happenstance. I was looking at recent Kickstarter activity and noticed Ryan K. Lindsay, someone who I’ve backed several times on the platform, pledged money to The...
Matt Chats: Minicomics, Licensed Titles, and Creator-Owned with Christine Larsen
There are so many cartoonists that are putting out steady work but deserve a higher profile, and Christine Larsen is definitely one of them. After over a year drawing Cartoon Network titles at BOOM!...
Matt Chats: Celebrating the End of Wayward (and Beginning of Champions) with Steve Cummings!
After discussing the Wayward finale with Jim Zub last week I was thrilled to also get to speak with artist Steve Cummings about the series. His penciled-only line art stands out from anything else...
