Hi Pat. I’d love Diceman or Horned God. My question is a cheeky one. I think you deserve more credit for at least the formulation/gestation of Dredd. Why don’t you want more credit?
Always been a massive Ro-Busters fan (esp. Ro-Jaws) and remember reading in Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave that it wasn't an idea you were originally all that enthusiastic about. With that in mind, I've always found it interesting that Ro-Jaws is a character that seems to have travelled across quite a few titles -- Nemesis, ABC Warriors etc. What made you change your mind about him, or is that what you did? (Also, sidenote, is the ABC Warriors/Ro-Busters saga now definitely over or will we ever see any of those characters again?)
1) What Girl comic would you see working in this Instagram world?
2) And how do we get the rest of Europe to embrace the French publishing attitude to illustrated comic work?
3) If you had a magic wand, what is the one core thing you would change in regards to ownership or royalty rates for writers, illustrators, letterers and colorists?
As for the books, I will happily buy unsigned copies and get you to sign them when I see you next.
Hello Pat: How do you keep the passion and fire for the comics medium in the heart and your muse? I have read a good amount of your work and your writing about your work, and I have always wondered what keeps you going in spite of the behavior of the market. If you like this question, I would be delighted for the Ro-Busters book.
You've already partly answered this with Spacewarp, but if the comics industry today was in the same situation as in the 1970s, with dozens of titles on the newsstands, and if you had the resources of a major publisher like IPC behind you, are there any other anthology titles you would create?
Evening Pat- we've been blessed with so many outstanding iconic collaborations between yourself and fellow genius creators.
O'Neill, Colquhoun, Bisley, Fabry, Walker, Le Droit, Skinner, Wagner and so many more. I've no doubt that if your body of work was ever given the equivalent of the Apex treatment that it would extend to several volumes spread across a few shelves :)
Each partnership has drawn out from recognisably core Mills values of human qualities, conflicts born from relationships/traumas, humour, the supernatural and violence. Thumping storylines help.
Hell Breaker from the pages of Space Warp with Ashcroft would appear to be your latest stand out co-creation.
Which has been your favourite to date in terms of your overall recollection of the creative process and end result if not in terms of profitability?
My friend in Newry, Northern Ireland introduced Slaine comics to his 8 year old son. Young Lennon Knipe would like to know if Slaine and Ukko are Protestants or Catholics? I can't top that for brilliance, but on an inspired side note, which of your characters would you use as teaching aids and literature on a school curriculum?'
Many thanks for all the years of bigotry crushing work.
We’d dearly love Diceman but anything would be lovely. I work for Coventry Libraries so it shall be donated and catalogued for the collection.
I would like to know if you would consider writing any strips for any future Garth Ennis ' Battle Action ' war comic series ? and if so , which would you consider eg Charley's War set in Iraq in 1922 ?
Hi Pat. In multiple places in Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! you mention that a 6 week development time is necessary to create legendary characters, can you share some more details as to what would go into those 6 weeks? I already have Ro-Busters (and it's great!) by the way. THanks!
Hi Pat. I’d love Diceman or Horned God. My question is a cheeky one. I think you deserve more credit for at least the formulation/gestation of Dredd. Why don’t you want more credit?
Hi - I know it won’t be the most interesting question but is there anything you can tell us about the WW1 novel you’re working on AND The Grim Reader?
Hi Pat,
Always been a massive Ro-Busters fan (esp. Ro-Jaws) and remember reading in Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave that it wasn't an idea you were originally all that enthusiastic about. With that in mind, I've always found it interesting that Ro-Jaws is a character that seems to have travelled across quite a few titles -- Nemesis, ABC Warriors etc. What made you change your mind about him, or is that what you did? (Also, sidenote, is the ABC Warriors/Ro-Busters saga now definitely over or will we ever see any of those characters again?)
Hi Pat,
I have three questions as you have three books :)
1) What Girl comic would you see working in this Instagram world?
2) And how do we get the rest of Europe to embrace the French publishing attitude to illustrated comic work?
3) If you had a magic wand, what is the one core thing you would change in regards to ownership or royalty rates for writers, illustrators, letterers and colorists?
As for the books, I will happily buy unsigned copies and get you to sign them when I see you next.
Hello Pat: How do you keep the passion and fire for the comics medium in the heart and your muse? I have read a good amount of your work and your writing about your work, and I have always wondered what keeps you going in spite of the behavior of the market. If you like this question, I would be delighted for the Ro-Busters book.
You've already partly answered this with Spacewarp, but if the comics industry today was in the same situation as in the 1970s, with dozens of titles on the newsstands, and if you had the resources of a major publisher like IPC behind you, are there any other anthology titles you would create?
Hey! I've always wanted to ask, would you ever consider turning Requiem (my all time most favourite comic) into an animated series?
I have a pair of Nemesis related questions.
Was Nemesis created as a reaction to a dispute you and Kevin O'Neill had with an editor? Could you please flesh out the details.
Did Kevin have complete free reign when it came to the design of the aliens? The alien designs are endlessly inventive.
Evening Pat- we've been blessed with so many outstanding iconic collaborations between yourself and fellow genius creators.
O'Neill, Colquhoun, Bisley, Fabry, Walker, Le Droit, Skinner, Wagner and so many more. I've no doubt that if your body of work was ever given the equivalent of the Apex treatment that it would extend to several volumes spread across a few shelves :)
Each partnership has drawn out from recognisably core Mills values of human qualities, conflicts born from relationships/traumas, humour, the supernatural and violence. Thumping storylines help.
Hell Breaker from the pages of Space Warp with Ashcroft would appear to be your latest stand out co-creation.
Which has been your favourite to date in terms of your overall recollection of the creative process and end result if not in terms of profitability?
My friend in Newry, Northern Ireland introduced Slaine comics to his 8 year old son. Young Lennon Knipe would like to know if Slaine and Ukko are Protestants or Catholics? I can't top that for brilliance, but on an inspired side note, which of your characters would you use as teaching aids and literature on a school curriculum?'
Many thanks for all the years of bigotry crushing work.
We’d dearly love Diceman but anything would be lovely. I work for Coventry Libraries so it shall be donated and catalogued for the collection.
All the best.
Steven
I would like to know if you would consider writing any strips for any future Garth Ennis ' Battle Action ' war comic series ? and if so , which would you consider eg Charley's War set in Iraq in 1922 ?
Hi Pat. In multiple places in Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! you mention that a 6 week development time is necessary to create legendary characters, can you share some more details as to what would go into those 6 weeks? I already have Ro-Busters (and it's great!) by the way. THanks!