What have you been a part of creating that you can’t help but brag about to anyone who will listen?
What Indie Title are you currently a huge fan of and recommend?
Not a huge fan of any one project at the moment.
What is a Dream Project of yours??
Is sexuality focused on too much in comic books?
When I was single I didn’t realise there was a problem but now I’m happily married with 3 daughters and have woken up to the fact that the comic industry has a huge problem with female characters. Did you know that you can instantly recognize the characteristics of a female by the size of her boobs?
– If she has has no breasts then she is a nerd who no man ever looks at, but will solve the problem in the end
– If she has small breasts then she is a scientist with no interest in men
– If she has normal size breasts (very rare in comics) then she is someone’s wife
-If she has large breasts then she is either lead character or a butt kicking fighter who acts like a man
According to research 53% of comic book readers in Australia are female so we need to respect that by not catering to the male gaze, and that starts by not putting a picture of a woman with huge boobs on the cover for no apparent reason!
As a father I browse through comic book stores when looking for presents for my family (especially around Christmas), and if the cover is offensive (there are other things I look at in a cover) then I will pass on it without a second thought. And yes I do know the saying ‘never judge a book by it’s cover‘ but I suspect that if a comic needs a big breasted woman on the cover then it’s not going to be ‘female friendly’ 🙂
What is the worst thing a Villain can do to a Hero?
Which Character is so overrated given the power you would kill off and why them?
Several years ago the Phantom published the 1,000th issue of the Phantom in Australia and I told the publisher it was the perfect opportunity to kill him off to which he laughed and said ‘You can’t do that’.
What is a mistake you made in your early years that our readers can learn from and not make themselves thanks to your advice?
Which leads me onto a second brick wall I hit; years later I wanted to join a local ‘Crime writers’ group, each year they put out a book of their short crime stories but the main advantage was that they provided constructive feedback to each other all year. I tried to join but was rejected because ‘they don’t do comics’, I tried to explain that I would write it as a short story and then, after I received feedback, would convert it to a comic script; but to no avail 🙁
The first issue of ‘Captain Koala’ was written in 1992 and since then it has changed direction immensely, what started as a spy comic has changed into a crime/mystery book. I also put pages up on facebook often; the latest issue is actually a competition, work out the bad guy and be drawn into an issue!