Archive - 2008 - Feature Article

November 19th

There's a Fey Wind A Blowin': An Interview with Nicole Chartrand.


Fey Winds by Nicole Chartrand

Nicole Chartrand is the creator of Fey Winds.  Chartrand describes the comic as "a sword & sorcery spoof comedy".  It's a good read (start here - the comic's navigation seems to lack a "first" link) and everything in it has gotten better over its (so far) more than 300 pages.  I got a chance to interview Chartrand by email this month.

November 18th

Welcome to Neo Monster Island


Twisted Kaiju Theater by Sean McGuinness

Sean McGuinness is the creator of the website Neo Monster Island and the webcomic Twisted Kaiju Theater it hosts.  Kaiju is apparently a Japanese term for monster.  McGuinness makes TKT with his own collection of Godzilla toys so you know it's a labor of love... of love and smashing Tokyo to bits.  I got a chance to interview McGuinness about his long-running webcomic (since August 2000!) via email last month.

November 17th

A Match Made in Los Angeles: An Interview with Michael May of Eros Inc.


Eros Inc by Michael May

Michael May is the creator of Eros Inc., a webcomic about a young woman, Mot Fleishman living a normal life until fate picks her to be Cupid giving her the power of fate of lovers living in Los Angeles.  (May first came to my attention with his now on hiatus comic about movies called Stock Footage).  Eros Inc. is a very funny comic and young, twenty-something Mot is a great character to follow along with.  I would guess fans of Octopus Pie could really like this too.  It's very funny but it's not always tightly wound around jokes per se and May handles the story pretty well so far.  His art is a bit on the rough side but for me it works very well.

May did our cover art at ComixTalk this month and I interviewed him very recently via email.

November 15th

Catch You On The Flipside: An Interview with Brion Foulke


Flipside by Brion Foulke

Brion Foulke is the creator of Flipside, a webcomic he describes as, "[A] story about relationships, sex, and compromise. It's a romantic fantasy adventure with a lot of action, and a small dose of horror."  I got a chance to interview Brion via email this month.

November 12th

World of WTF: An Interview with Gianna Masetti


The Noob by Gianna Masetti

Gianna Masetti is the creator of The Noob, which started back in 2004.  It both presents and parodies the MMORPG genre of video games.  I got a chance to interview Gianna via email between her travels to Italy last month.

November 11th

No Need To Beat Around the Bush: An Interview with Alex Kolesar and Joseph Kovell


No Need For Bushido by Kolesar and Kovell

Alex Kolesar and Joseph Kovell are the creators behind the historical action comedy webcomic No Need for Bushido.  I got a chance to interview them via email last month.

November 10th

Dream a Little Dreamland: An Interview with Scott Christian Sava


The Dreamland Chronicles by Scott Christian Sava

Scott Christian Sava is the creator of the fantasy webcomic, The Dreamland Chronicles.  Drawn in a 3-D art style, the tale of Alexander Carter's adventures in his dreams alternates with him and his brother's attempts to find out the meaning of Dreamland itself.  I got a chance to interview Sava via email recently and ask about his life as a webcomics creator.

October 31st

An Interview with Jenny Romanchuk of The Zombie Hunters


The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuk

Jenny Romanchuk is the creator of The Zombie Hunters, a webcomic about a world filled with zombies and a team of outcasts who hunt them.  Romanchuk has actually gone beyond a simple premise to creating a full-fledged world here, spinning out rules for the zombies and the society of humans who remain.  It's a little gory at times but a great story. 

I got a chance to interview her this month and really, what other day woud be better to post this on then Halloween?

It Takes A Genius To Draw One: An Interview with Phil Foglio


Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio

Phil Foglio,  along with Kaja Foglio, creates the wonderful steampunk-flavored science fantastical webcomic, Girl Genius.  Given all of the characters dressed up in alternate-Victorian clothes and wonderful steam-age gadgetry in the comic, it seemed extra appropriate to post this interview with Phil to the site today.

October 28th

Everyday, Everyday, Everyday I Write The Book of Biff


The Book of Biff by Chris Hallbeck

Earlier this month, I interviewed Chris Hallbeck who does the weirdly funny webcomic The Book Of Biff.  More recently, I found out that he was a finalist in this year's Bomb Shelter Webcomic Idol contest.  A bit of a fortuitous coincidence and reason enough to hustle this one onto the website.