TWXXXD Zombie Boy Interview
on March 12, 2012
The Brothers Oliver, Brandon and Colin, granted me some time on their podcast to fill the air with talk about Zombie Boy, the webcomics community, and Jack Kirby. The two gracious and talented Canadian siblings behind TWXXD, MF Office, and Talking with Toys, sat down with me via Skype and we chatted erroneously about many things, not the least of which is that well-known Canadian hospitality. You can listen to the podcast here. Thanks, Brandon and Colin for a great interview!
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Thanks again for joining us, Mark! That image of Kirby will be engrained in my mind.
Your hospitality definitely won. I don’t think we’ve ever felt more welcome on our own podcast!
Seriously, I love that you call us The Brothers Oliver. I’m going to start using that 🙂
Well, I can vouch for that Canadian hospitality issue, I’ve never spoken with two more congenial and refined gents! It was fun and a thrill!
Hey Mark,
Nice interview thanks for the compliments. 🙂
You sound like you are from the south. I recognised a twang. Where are you from? I’m grew up in Arkansas.
I live in Dallas, Texas. Been in the South all of my life, though. And your welcome about the interview, I meant every word about Goober and Cindy!
I just listened to this, so I’m sorry for the late response, but I really enjoyed the interview. It explained a lot, because I almost wrote down in a previous comment that you seem like somebody who studied animation (I got my degree in animation from CalArts).
Now I want to track down a Zombie Boy comic. The 80s b/w comic surge was a kind of favorite time for me, upon reflection, and I’m proud to know somebody who took advantage of it!
I met the Spike & Mike guys. Crazy, aren’t they? I can’t believe Jerry Bittle was a teacher of yours. He had such a great style. Geech was kind of an 80s staple for me.
Thank you for the comic and the hard work! You set the bar pretty high.
I had dreams of going to CalArts, the Mecca of art in motion, but took a long, winding route into the animation biz. One day I’d like to talk about my animation days, because there are a lot of great stories there. I felt a kinship with your work especially in terms of dynamic poses and very fluid motion in your figures, now I understand where that’s coming from. I think all cartoonists should get some animation training at some point, it certainly helps you understand motion, weight, expression, etc. The 80s comic scene were heady days, lots of comic nirvana going around, I’m proud to say I was a part of that, for real. I’m getting a lot of requests for the book, I’m going to make copies available, I’ll let you know. Thanks for your generous compliments, they are great appreciated.