Robot 6‘s Chris Mautner talks with a man who is a huge favourite of pretty much all of the online crew here, the one and only Brendan McCarthy; you will want to go and read this!
“Chris: Obviously it’s not just coincidence that the two stars of Spider-Man: FEVER happen to be the two Marvel characters co-created by Steve Ditko. I know Ditko was a big influence on your work. Did you see this project as a chance to pay tribute to him? And if so, how did you go about doing so without it being too obvious or slavish a homage?
Brendan: You’re exactly right. Steve Ditko is a singular genius and I wanted to ‘pay homage’ but not be slavish… I’m obviously not in his artistic league, he really is a master, but I was happy to invent a story that utilized the amazing dimensional realities that he created all those years ago. Having done Shade and now Spider-Man and Dr. Strange — all that I’d like to do next is The Creeper! (I have to admit, Hawk and Dove never really did it for me.)”
(far out artwork by Brendan for Spider-Man: Fever, (c) Marvel)
Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Comics and cartoons, Interviews