Tag: matt chats
Matt Chats: Jenny Frison Discusses Cover Art, Process, and Focusing on Emotion and Character
I first noticed Jenny Frison's work with the cover to Revival #1. While her painterly covers were very distinct from Mike Norton's interiors, the two styles served the story well despite how different they were from each...
Matt Chats: Ryan K. Lindsay Discusses His “Headspace” on Digital Publishing
From my perspective, Ryan K. Lindsay easily lists among the hardest working writers in comics. He could have been held back living in Australia, but he used his distance from the States as inspiration...
Matt Chats: Mike Norton Talks Balancing Multiple Comics, The Rise of Original Art, and...
I’ve known Mike Norton for about 13 years now. I met him when I was 14 at one of the first years of New York Comic Con, where he gave me what is still...
Matt Chats: Shawn Crystal on Patreon, Podcasting, and What It Means to be a...
I first learned of Shawn Crystal through his podcast, not his art. Skottie Young tweeted that he was recently a guest on InkPulp Audio, so I listened and was entranced by a discussion less...
Matt Chats: BONE Colorist Steve Hamaker on His Influences, Storytelling, And Webcomic PLOX
Steve Hamaker ranks tragically high in the ratio of most read to least recognizable cartoonists. Jeff Smith BONE was a giant indie success as a black-and-white comic book series, but it hit the mainstream...
Matt Chats: Artist Donal DeLay on Bringing ‘Death of Love’ to Life on the...
I've known Donal DeLay for several years now. I knew he would (or at least deserved to) make it big in comics. His linework and character designs reminiscent of classic Calvin & Hobbes impressed...
Matt Chats: Jim Zub Discusses ‘Glitterbomb’ and How Hollywood and Experience Informed It
It’s fitting that my first new interview since returning to Matt Chats is with Jim Zub, given he is responsible for my position at The Beat. I answered a call for reporters at New...
Matt Chats: ‘Cartozia Tales’ Showrunner Isaac Cates Discusses the Costs of Creator-Owned Comics and...
The tiny indie comic that could has grown in readers and especially in volume. Hundreds upon hundreds of pages have been written, drawn, and lettered to shape an imaginary place of wonder named Cartozia....
MATT CHATS: Corrina Beckho and Gabriel Hardman Talk Expanding Their ‘Invisible Republic’ with Volume...
I was lucky enough to interview Gabriel Hardman and Corrina Beckho about one of my favorite series of last year, the complex and captivating Invisible Republic, now a Hugo Award finalist for Best Graphic...
MATT CHATS: Will Dennis on Leaving DC and Serving up ‘Moonshine’
If you loved the DC/Vertigo comics of the last 15 years, particularly the imprint’s crime books, you probably owe a debt of gratitude to Will Dennis. As the editor of titles like 100 Bullets,...
MATT CHATS: Mike Norton on the End of Battlepug, Doing an Eisner Award-Winning Webcomic...
I talked with Mike once before about Battlepug, and was happy to do it again following its recent grande finale. I asked him more about the process for his webcomic, how he feels about ending...
MATT CHATS: Chris Sebela on Comics, Cross-Pollination and Portland
Chris Sebela is everywhere. I first became aware of him thanks to the Everest crime thriller High Crimes from Monkey Brain, and since then he has worked with an array of publishers from Marvel to DC to...
