Tag: Interview
INTERVIEW: The Past is Present in Ed Piskor’s X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN
One of the challenges for any new reader of mainstream superhero comics is finding the right launching point to start one’s fandom. Sure, there are endless Recommend Reading Lists, Looper videos of the greatest...
INTERVIEW: Marnie Galloway, Paula Knight & the Myth of Having it All – Part...
Mainstream comics aren't exactly known for their stellar depictions of parenthood, maternity, fertility or pregnancy. The pregnant superhero is treated as something to be maligned, a grotesque and monstrous object. The experience of conception...
INTERVIEW: Dean Haspiel’s New Brooklyn Prepares for WAR CRY
I think it's safe to say that if you follow the Beat, you are familiar with the artistic work of the indefatigable Dean Haspiel.This year has been particularly productive for Haspiel. His prolific work can...
INTERVIEW: Daryl Gregory, Author of “Spoonbenders”
Fantasy author Daryl Gregory’s newest novel, Spoonbenders. centers around the Telemachus family in the very distant and backwards year of nineteen-ninety-five. The Chicagoan family are anything but normal as they were once known “The...
INTERVIEW: Alisa Kwitney puts female friendship at the core of MYSTIK U
Alisa Kwitney's path in comics has been a winding one. A former Vertigo Comics editor and current YA novel author, over the years Kwitney has developed an identity as a creative fascinated by fantasy....
INTERVIEW: How Dave Kelly Celebrates New York City With Tales of the Night Watchman
Dave Kelly and I share the same midwest suburban roots. We both grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and probably read the same Chicago Tribune Sunday funnies as kids. Since 2011, Dave Kelly...
INTERVIEW: Gillen & McKelvie on WicDiv’s endgame & what it means to win
As The Wicked + The Divine's Imperial Phase comes to a close and the series' endgame approaches, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie reflect on the meaning of the work and their own success.
ONE OR DONE INTERVIEW: Chuck Palahniuk on his new coloring book and what people...
Comics Beat talks to author and super fun dinner guest (we believe) Chuck Palahniuk about his new novella/coloring book.
INTERVIEW: Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil use their comic VERAX to ask what our privacy...
"This isn’t about Trump. It’s about the whole system leading up to the situation where we now have a Trump..."
NYCC ’17 INTERVIEW: In MISTER MIRACLE, Tom King sails down the ever-flowing river of...
"What are my greatest hopes? I don't know. I want to change the fucking world!"
INTERVIEW: Hope Larson and Christian Wildgoose talk about the magic and tragedy of Nightwing’s...
" I'm a sucker for a semi-doomed/complicated romance..."
INTERVIEW Pt 2: Declan Shalvey discusses identity, violence, and controversy in SAVAGE TOWN
"They told me that Savage Town was too close to the bone for some people out there."
