Al Schroeder
Al Schroeder is a former print comic letterhack, who met his wife through Julie Schwartz'' Superman letter columns, and who also worked with Marty Pasko on one issue of Superman. He now does his own superhero(ine) webcomic, Mindmistress, trying to prove that there are new twists left in the superhero genre.
Fellowship of the Surreal
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The Perry Bible Fellowship has been called outrageous, morbid, hysterical, surreal... In this interview, creator Nicholas Gurewitch elaborates on all of the above.
School's In: A Lesson in Hellman and Beran
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A Lesson is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible has attracted a lot of attention with its vibrant, often extremely colorful art and its surreal style. This interview with its creators is very in keeping with the spirit of the webcomic.Al Schroeder rang up David Hellman and Dale Beran, the creators of A Lesson is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible for an online chat about their groundbreaking webcomic. After a few technical difficulties getting started, we found out that David and Dale share an appreciation for Carl Banks, Czanne and Zelda III.
Nemesis in Noir: An Interview with Greg Holkan
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[nemesis] is the story of a very normal police detective in a world of super-powered defenders assigned to solve the murder of their world's greatest hero. Equal parts super-hero parody and noir detective story, it is quite unique on the web. Its creator, Greg Holkan, also joined Eric Burns in the fantasy webcomic Gossamer Commons and although he's letting go of the artistic reins, he retains input into the plotting. Holkan is an interesting mystery himself to unravel, and this interview gives the clues needed.
Butterfly P.I. – An Interview with the Other Richard Stevens
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Peb Casey, Butterfly Detective is the tale of the one honest butterfly in a city of spiders, what would happen if Philip Marlowe mated with a Monarch butterfly. This is Peb's story – or rather, the story of the person who created him.
Dada Dearest: An Interview with the Dada Detective Creators
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Tales of the Dada Detective have been delighting readers for some time, with a talkative mime, a mad scientist paranoid about Eli Whitney, and a main character who looks like the Man with the Yellow Hat gone noir. David Milloway, Matt Wood, and Stephanie Freese, the creators of this rather unique strip, gave us the following interview.
Horror is High School: Al Schroeder Interviews Jason Thompson
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Jason Thompson has been delighting and horrifying webcomics readers for years, but perhaps his most memorable creation is The Stiff, currently running on Girlamatic, a disturbing story that straddles horror, teenage angst, teenage romance, but remains uniquely its own mix. Jason's mix of horror and high school seemed especially appropriate for an interview in the month of Halloween.
Tell us something about yourself that isn't generally known....
Evil Interview: Al Schroeder Interviews Mike Rojas
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For years Mike (Grimwit the Clown) Rojas has been alternately entertaining and horrifying readers of Natch Evil with the story of Saffron, a maniacally gleeful female "lust killer." It seemed fitting in the month of Halloween to interview the creator of one of the most entertaining homicidal maniac in webcomics.
Elementary Pop Quiz: An Interview with Dave Roman
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Dave Roman delights audiences of all ages with his comic Astronaut Elementary, where the future looks like your grade school in zero-g. Originally over at Girlamatic, Roman has moved to Webcomics Nation. Despite his recent engagement to fellow webcomic creator Raina Telgemeier (see How We Got Engaged) he took the time to answer our questions.
High (Fantasy) School in Session
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Sokora Refugees is one of the most popular webcomics out there, and Tokyopop's print version is one of the best-selling States-produced manga out there. The two creators of a strip that combines high school angst with high fantasy, Segamu and Melissa DeJesus, gave us a very interesting interview.
And You Think Your Roomies Are Weird...
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Maritza Campos of College Roomies From Hell (AKA CRFH) has been delighting readers since mid-1999 with her college roomies who are weirder than most – tentacles for an arm, bat wings, werewolves, eyebeams – the sort of roomies Miskatonic University would be proud to call their own. Maritza, with a beautiful new baby girl, took time to give us an interview.
