Rob Guillory opens up about how Farmhand ups the ante with its next volume, his desire to keep reinventing the series, and how it’s a story of fathers and sons.
Matt Chats: Rob Guillory on the Growth of FARMHAND
Family is at the center of Farmhand, specifically main character Zeke’s relationships with the family he was born into and the family he chose. Rob Guillory has created a comic lending that sense of family, occasional wackiness in a similar vein as CHEW, and a foreboding tinge of horror together to excellent results. I interviewed Rob […]
Image Expo 2018 Wrap-up with Netflix, Kirkman, McFarland, Williams, Wu, Rosenberg and MORE
Image Expo is today and the announcement segment just wrapped up. The event was streamed live from Twitch and thanks to Twitter, our own ears, and even official PR here’s a list of the new projects and announcements: • Image’s Eric Stephenson kicked things off with a keynote and mentioned big sales in 2017, comics […]
McFarlane, Duggan, Guillory, McCrea and more join Image Expo line-up
Image Expo is coming and the latest revelation of attendees – Todd McFarlane, Gerry Duggan, John McCrea, Chris Sebela, Jody LeHeup, Brian Haberlin, Farel Dalrymple, and Rob Guillory- is a strong indicator that these creators will have new Image projects announced. The kind of annual one day event includes announcements of new projects , signings and panels, all focused on Image Comics’ […]
Nice Art: Fried Pie variants by Guillory and Piskor
It’s time for our monthly Fried Pie variant reveals. This time we have X-Men Grand Design done by series writer/artist Ed Piskor. This series is a Histroy time line of the X-men done in the style of HIp Hop Famly Tree and if this cover doesn’t get you amped up…may Cyclops fry […]
MATT CHATS: Rob Guillory Chews on His Recent Marvel Work
Welcome to the weekly feature MATT CHATS. I’ve been doing regular interviews for awhile now, but now they have a name! Every Tuesday I chat with someone involved in the making, distributing, marketing, selling, etc. of comic books. For this inaugural edition, I spoke with cartoonist Rob Guillory. Six years into a run pencilling, inking and […]
Mike Norton on Chew/Revival: “I Thought It Was Insane!” [Interview]
Comics is an unpredictable world to wander through. One day everything is understandable and safe, Chew sits on the shelf next to Revival, and the world is as you’d expect. But then one day Mike Norton, Tim Seeley, John Layman and Rob Guillory announce that this May, rather than having everything in its right place… […]
John Layman speaks on second chance for ‘Chew’ screen adaption
Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision broke the news that Jeff Krelitz and his company Quality Transmedia is giving the New York Times bestselling comic book “Chew” another shot at a live action and animated screen adaptation. Writer and co-creator John Layman shared his thoughts on the unexpected news and why the animated route will be easier to pull off. […]
ADVANCE REVIEW: Chew #30
Chew, the multi-awarding comic arrives at the halfway point in the series and hits comic stands this Wednesday. The Beat gives you the advanced (spoiler free) review of Chew #30 the bonus-sized wedding issue with a wicked awesome free tri-fold poster for no cost. Henry BarajasHenry Barajas is the co-creator, writer and letterer for El Loco […]
Just Mostly Gross, Funny Fun: An Interview with CHEW Writer John Layman
On the occasion of the German edition of Chew, which recently debuted from Cross Cult Verlag, I had the opportunity to talk to Layman about the series, his prospects in the comics industry and his experiences at WildStorm. An abbreviated and translated version of the interview, which was conducted via e-mail over the course of several weeks, appears in Chew – Bulle mit Biss 1: Leichenschmaus. The book can be purchased here, here or here, among other places. (Disclosure: I’m the translator.)