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UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Just answered another questionnaire about the local comic book industry. Of course, part of the questionnaire asked for my influences as a comic book creator. Here's what I said:

I got into writing / creating comic books because I grew reading them and liked them so much that I wanted to make my own.

I liked the works of Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Neil Gaiman.

I also liked reading Stephen King, William Gibson, the Dragonlance Chronicles, Isaac Asimov, and other sci-fi / fantasy writers.

I also liked listening to Sting and Kenny Rogers (yes, Kenny Rogers) and Pearl Jam and Tori Amos, who told their stories through song.

So, I’d like to think that all those people somehow influenced my work.

I don’t think I can pinpoint that I picked up this or that style from a particular writer. They all just become a jumble once I start to write.

For example, BATCH72 was probably influenced watching ARCHIE’S and JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS IN OUTER SPACE when I was a kid.

It was probably influenced by reading all those stories of camaraderie and friendship shown in X-MEN, NEW MUTANTS, TEEN TITANS, GENERATION X.

It might have been influenced by watching too much Iskul Bukol, TODAS, the Bad Bananas, and by reading all those IKABOD and PUGAD BABOY strips.

It was influenced by the people I met the things Club Dredd when we went there during the mid-90s.

It was also influenced by my friends in grade school, high school, and college.

So, there, the things that come into play when I write.

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