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CommentAuthorwarrenellis
- CommentTimeJan 4th 2010
I've known Brian Wood since, I think, his first published work, or close to it: I blurbed the original CHANNEL ZERO series. Ten years ago? Something like that. In ten years, Brian's become one of the great conceptual powerhouses of commercial comics, chiefly as a writer but also as an illustrator and designer. COURIER, DEMO, LOCAL, THE NEW YORK FOUR, SUPERMARKET, DMZ, NORTHLANDERS... hell, you know his work.
He's very kindly agreed to do a week of Q&A here at Whitechapel, talk about his work, show stuff off and basically be available to chat about stuff.
Say hello to Brian. He's a nice guy.
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Hello Brian. I love Supermarket, Demo, DMZ and Northlanders.
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Hi Brian. What's the status on Demo 2? The first volume is fantastic :)
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Hi Brian. Love DMZ and Northlanders. Look forward to following along this week.
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CommentAuthorMattDemers
- CommentTimeJan 4th 2010
Hey Brian! Me and my friends at Ryerson Journalism love DMZ. I picked up Northlanders Vol 1. for a friend this Christmas, and as a viking buff he loved it. Fight For Tomorrow's also got a spot on my shelf, and I loved the Global Frequency covers. -
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Like I'll get any attention at all being put on the same bill as Katie West!
@ghostboy - Demo Vol. 2, as it's called, has been solicited and #1 ships on February 3rd. I posted up the first three covers here. It was a little daunting, writing this second series, since at first I wasn't even sure I had anything new to say, or even if I did maybe it was foolish to try and follow-up what was, at the time, my biggest commercial and critical success. This hesitation is actually why I only committed to six new issues and not a full twelve like the first run. But it's gone really smoothly and they key, I realized, was not to worry about it at all. Whatever "magic" Demo has (or doesn't!) is as a result of me + Becky doing our thing and not hassling the other too much. It's been fun. And the stories, most of them anyway, are more supernatural than anything else.
@ ginja - thanks!
And thanks to Warren, for giving me this thread. As he said, he gave me a blurb that ran on the cover of the second issue of the original Channel Zero series, which came out February of 1998. I don't think anyone's been as helpful and supportive of my career as he has since then.
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Hi Brian!
A) Your thoughts on Korean vs. Chinese fried dumplings?
B) If the Kimmel show thing wasn't just a one-off, how hard would you hi-five everyone you know if Jawbox start doing more stuff? -
@costa_k Korean dumplings are basically gyoza, right? Or vice versa, rather. Either way, I prefer steamed dumplings and cite the pork soup dumplings at NYC's Grand Sichuan as my current favorite. Grand Sichuan's Gui Zhou Spicy Chicken, with the infamous mouth-numbing peppercorns, felled the mighty Riccardo Burchielli at the last NYCC. And I've never been that big a fan of Jawbox.
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CommentAuthorPaul Sizer
- CommentTimeJan 4th 2010 edited
Hey Brian, thanks for your grabbing design and typography and dragging it kicking and screaming into the comics field in a smart way. I dig what you do as a designer very much, and try to do my own take on the design/comics marriage as well.
Also, thanks for making DMZ another book that I should have no interest in (based on past reading/subject preferences), and yet have devoured everything about the book. Best thing Vertigo has put out in years, and an absolute staple in my reading routine.
Also, thanks for introducing the term "Big Goddamn Dosas" into my wife's and my vocabulary (from the DMZ New York guide, issue #12 I think?) -
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@brianwood
Never been a huge sichuan fan (to be more precise, never tried much of it), now I'll def have to swing by there to check it out. Also, really? Not Jawbox? Ehh, different strokes I guess.
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Hello Brian.
I am very excited about the new Demo stories and DV8.
Do i need to do any pre-requisite reading in order to follow along with DV8?
What's your favorite least talked about short series (i.e Pounded, Fight For Tomorrow, et al)?
Thanks for taking your shirt off. oh wait. wrong thread. -
Hi Brian, I Just wanted to say thanks for DMZ.
It's been just about pitch perfect for the whole run - well done bruv!
Any plans to revisit the DMZ world in the future? Having loved the stories concerning the "minor" characters I would love to see some other tales of life in the DMZ. -
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CommentAuthorProf Structure
- CommentTimeJan 4th 2010
Hi Brian,
Just an obvious question about Northlanders: do you plan to run with it as far as you can or does it have a limited lifespan like Local?
And any chance of doing an arc set over thisaways? I always thought York/Jorvik would make a good story setting, with the Viking town set on top of the Roman ... -
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@Paul Sizer - thanks... I've not been as diligent as I should be in terms of design on my books... it's often out of my hands at DC, but I still try. I designed a new logo for DV8. Oh, and I got a look at an Italian-language hardcover of Global Frequency and they used elements from my covers into the entire design of the book. Came out cool, I should try and scan some of it.
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Hi Brian, just wanted to say thank you for your work. You're a big inspiration both stylistically and for those of us not enamoured with capes who'd like to do their own thing. Cheers.
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@ branjo
I am very excited about the new Demo stories and DV8.
Do i need to do any pre-requisite reading in order to follow along with DV8?
What's your favorite least talked about short series (i.e Pounded, Fight For Tomorrow, et al)?
I think having a basic familiarity with DV8 could help. I tried to write it so you don't need to know anything, but that's often impossible... knowing at the very least some of the character's personality quirks will enhance the new stuff. There's a single trade out, written by Warren, if you wanted to take a look.
I look back fondly on the last arc of Generation X that I wrote (possibly only because I haven't read it since it came out!), but it was very much me trying out what eventually turned into Demo - these standalone stories. Of course they didn't collect that arc.
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Looking forward to Demo vol. 2. Additionally, I'm wondering if there's any chance of seeing a paperback version of "Local"? Thanks.
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CommentAuthorSteven Thomas
- CommentTimeJan 4th 2010
Hello Brian,
Question(s)...I hope I don't ramble too much with the following:
Have you considered telling a story relying only upon your skills with advertising-graphics, collage, and photomontage?
Of course, a single page or the whole of a comic book could be considered a collage/montage and I know you weave various mediums together with great success. To be more specific, I'll point to the propaganda ads/graphics within Channel Zero and the Global Frequency covers. In both instances, I enjoyed those features just as much as the illustrated storylines. In a way they told their own stories all by themselves.
Maybe such visual representations are best served in the applications you've already set them to (covers and "set pieces" woven into/supporting the larger illustrated story) but I was curious if you'd ever thought of using only those forms of visual representation to tell a story?
Perhaps you have already and I'm not aware of it?
Nonetheless, thank you for your stories.
I'm way behind on DMZ but hope to catch up before the winter's over.
Regards,
Steven
(Meanwhile...this mention of sichuan now has me VERY hungry for sichuan twice-cooked pork belly. Me thinks i'll be going down the street to Chinatown (Boston's that is) to get some.) -
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Hi Brian,
Your stuff universally speaks and relates to a reader to the core that I usually don't get from others. I love your stories and their one of the few that I wouldn't think twice whenever I want someone to have something good to read.
Can you point out a few things on your writing/creations that keeps people coming back? Have you got down certain process/checklist/goals that you apply to your projects that will resonate with the reader? I had your Local on singles when they came out and I still went and got the Hardcover :)
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@sneak046
Hi Brian, I Just wanted to say thanks for DMZ.
It's been just about pitch perfect for the whole run - well done bruv!
Any plans to revisit the DMZ world in the future? Having loved the stories concerning the "minor" characters I would love to see some other tales of life in the DMZ.
I think I'm just going to try and get it all done within the life of the series (we have about two years left). As far as the minor stories go, you'll see a bunch of that in the #50 special, and I think from #55-59 we'll do another run of one-shots like The Hidden War.
Glad you enjoy it... I've spent 4+ years living with that series every day of my life and have a lot of ups and downs, a lot of mixed feelings about it that change from day to day. I guess that's normal.
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