Author Archives

• Arcadia Bound: An Interview with Writer Alex Paknadel

  By Matt Badham on April 21, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

    Alex Paknadel is a Lancaster-based comics writer, whose first work is being published in the form of Arcadia from US publisher Boom! Studios next month. Intrigued by the premise behind this new science-fiction story, I decided to have a chat… Read More ›

• Curating Charley’s War: An Interview with Titan’s collection editor Simon Ward

  By Matt Badham on April 10, 2015

  

    Last year, I chatted to Simon Ward, who edited the tenth volume of Charley’s War for Titan Books. Some quotes from the conversation were used in an article that was published in the last issue of Comic Heroes magazine. Anyway,… Read More ›

• Pirates and Dinosaurs! A Match Made in Heaven by Dan Hartwell and Neill Cameron

  By Matt Badham on March 19, 2015

  

      Blood-thirsty pirates! Vicious dinosaurs! Danger at every turn! The year is 1717. The newly discovered island of Pangaea is the most dangerous place on Earth, where dinosaurs still walk the land… Sophie Delacourt has been sent to Pangaea… Read More ›

• Chris Doherty: Bringing His Own Look to Sherlock Holmes

  By Matt Badham on February 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I’m a big Sherlock Holmes fan and have been since I was a child. I was pretty excited, therefore, when I heard that some my favourite creators – John Reppion, Leah Moore, Adam Cadwell and Chris Doherty – were getting… Read More ›

• Venting Spleenal: An Interview with Nigel Auchterlounie

  By Matt Badham on February 5, 2015

  

  Nigel Auchterlounie AKA Spleenal, is a cartoonist who has worked on everything from all-ages comics like Dennis the Menace to biting, one-page satirical strips that, when posted on Twitter, point out the inconsistencies and unfairness behind the policies and actions… Read More ›

• Commando Marches On: An Interview with Editor Calum Laird

  By Matt Badham on January 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Last year, I chatted to Calum Laird, Editor of Commando, for an article about “Charley’s War” – the seminal comic strip created by Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun that ran in Battle Picture Weekly from 1979 until 1985. We… Read More ›

• Euro-Cit Spy: Arthur Wyatt exposes the secrets of 2000AD’s “Orlok: Agent of East-Meg One”

  By Matt Badham on January 21, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    Since 2004, Arthur Wyatt has written fast-paced comic strips for 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this interview, conducted by email, he chats with Matt Badham about his latest strip, “Orlok: Agent of East-Meg-One – Eurozoned”, drawn by  Jake… Read More ›

• Darryl Cunningham: Taking on the Super Rich

  By Matt Badham on January 13, 2015

  

  Last year I chatted to Darryl Cunningham about his graphic novel, Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy. That book, released in October 2014, tells the story of the recent global financial crisis. My conversation with Darryl was edited into… Read More ›

• Of Spandex and O Men: An Interview with Martin Eden

  By Matt Badham on October 3, 2014

  

      Together with Forbidden Planet International, we’re delighted to present this interview by Matthew Badham with comic creator and Titan Comics editor Martin Eden, creator of the superhero series The O-Men and Spandex… downthetubes: For those who don’t know… Read More ›

• Art Hero: An interview with Daniel Clifford

  By Matt Badham on May 6, 2014

  

    I’ve been talking to Daniel Clifford about his work and his collaborations and fascinating sounding workshops, and I’m sharing the resulting interview here and the ace Forbidden International blog. Born in South Shields in 1986, writer and educator Daniel Clifford, who has… Read More ›

• Image Control, the Mega-City Way: Douglas Wolk talks Judge Dredd

  By Matt Badham on January 23, 2014

  

  Douglas Wolk is an acclaimed author and critic. He has written about comics and music for publications such as Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two – a five-issue mini-series drawn by Ulises… Read More ›

• Creating Museum Magic: An Interview with Neill Cameron

  By Matt Badham on December 17, 2013

  

  Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and (occasional) educationalist whose comic strips have appeared in The DFC and The Phoenix. Recently, he was commissioned to create a gigantic comic strip that could be mounted on the side of the Story Museum… Read More ›

• The Changing Man: An Interview with Jon Haward

  By Matt Badham on October 18, 2013

  

  Lowestoft-based comic book artist Jon Haward has worked on everything from Judge Dredd to Spider-Man. In this chat with Matt Badham, however, the focus is mostly on Tales of the Buddha (Before He Got Enlightened), recently released by Renegade Entertainment,… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Some thoughts on selling your comics…

  By Matt Badham on October 17, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  (This article was first featured on my own blog back in September, and I’ve given John permission to re-publish it here): I hope that esteemed comics historian, journalist and curator Paul Gravett won’t mind me borrowing the above image from… Read More ›

• This World Has Teeth: A Chat with Ian Edginton

  By Matt Badham on October 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Ian Edginton has written for pretty much every comics publisher there is, producing strips for anthologies such as 2000AD, Dark Horse Presents and Star Wars Tales as well as numerous one-shots and ongoing series. The latter include Kingdom of the… Read More ›