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I’m sorry my career decisions threatened your health. I’d hate to be held responsible for anyone dropping dead. I’m not familiar with Jack Vance’s work but if I was guaranteed to sell a trillion copies of anything I would do it—but I think that would entail every person on earth buying a lot of mult...

I have been asked the very same question a number of times, Michael and I suppose I should be flattered readers thought the story worked so well that the conclusion must have been planned from the start. The fact is I had no idea what, if anything Chris had planned and I devised the story myself. I ...

-- “The Batman stuff and an Batman/Superman story about vampires I believe had been issues that I would remember fondly later…” I’m not sure what you are recalling but it doesn’t sound like something I drew. 1. Who is your favorite character to draw - x related and non x-related? I don’t believe in...

I hope I'm not going to disappoint you Jim but although I knew Chris had some plan for Sat Yr 9 to corrupt Kitty and that the various Cross time versions of Saturnyne were attracted to Kitty, I had no idea what, if any, the goal of this relationship was to be. I just played it as a lesbian affair. K...

I won't be working on a regular Doctor Strange book but I will be contributing a ten page Doctor Strange story to the Stan Lee event this summer.

I don't have plans to collaborate with any other writers (or pencillers) at the moment.

There already are a large and varied number of 'Monkey/Monkey King/journey to the west' movies and TV series available. Everything from manga cartoon to authentic Chinese opera. A mixed bag for sure and mostly dross with just a few gems-- undoubtedly the best of which is the 70's Nihon TV series. Th...

You haven't missed any 'news', Darren. I broke my right wrist when I was thirteen and as I've grown older the damaged bones warped to create a ‘lax joint’. Anyone who has seen me at a Convention might have noticed that I wear a wrist support because an enthusiastic or awkward handshake can put me ou...

Christophe, thanks for the offer but scanning or describing pages would take far longer than just looking at them. It really shouldn't be that big, or time consuming, a job. It is my enthusiasm that is lacking-- I always have far more interesting things to do... But maybe now that Christmas is out o...

I regularly receive queries to my website asking for details of any publications containing my work but I never keep track of when or where my work will see print—the first I know is usually when a comp arrives and that is at least a month or two after publication. Ilke Hincer, who was kind enough t...

-- You read any current comics? Sadly not, Matt. Reading comics began to feel a bit like work after I became professional—(analysing them rather than losing myself in the story) and as I was also getting Comps from Marvel, DC and others—over a hundred comics a month-- I began to skim the issues just...

Hi Blacksad I’m flattered and grateful for your enquiry so there is no need to apologise— especially as it is true that I had hoped to get the list to Jim months ago. The problem was my daughter has zero interest in comics or my work so although she did an excellent job on the list there were pages ...

Caio, I have always believed the ‘magic’ in comics is different for each generation because it is supplied by the reader. Unlike TV and movies, comics are (OR WERE) interactive. That is, as with a book, the reader controls or contributes to aspects of the story rather than letting it mindlessly wash...

I have said many times that I don’t have a favourite character (because I like so many and each character or group has strengths and weaknesses) but the Fantastic Four are very special and I feel incredibly lucky to be able to work on them. I had been offered the regular FF book by Bob Harras, six m...

I know of Cream but I was never a fan— I never had any real interest in music until my mid to late teens (during the seventies) which is when I first became aware of Eric Clapton, in Derek and the Dominos, with Layla-- which is a favourite.

Alan