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Re: Repost of questions for Mack!!!

Posted By: MACK!
Date: FRI, 10/12/01, 3:43 a.m.

In Response To: Repost of questions for Mack!!! (Patrick Wedge)

: Hey David,

Hi Patrick,

: Just got the Kabuki 1/2 issue this last week finally and
: I had a couple of questions: 1. Your relationship with
: Mike Parobeck. Mike's work had always been one of the
: most under rated pieces in the last decade. His style
: could change on a whim with his mood. They all were
: masterful. His Batman Adventures Annual where he
: "homaged" Kirby was briliant. How much of an
: effect did he have on you? Any other stories you can
: tell us about him? The industry lost a great artist
: with him.

He had a great affect on me mostly because of his encouragement to me as a young artist. I was writing letters to him when I was in high school. Probably starting when I was 16. He was very encouraging to me and answered a lot of my questions and offered me his opinions, suggestions, and constructive criticisms. Hopefully, I'm able to pass on a little of that kind of thing when I'm speaking at conventions and on this message board.

: 2. You mentioned Miller, Parobeck, and Mignola as big
: comic influences, but yet your personal artistic style
: is drastically different from their styles (which is a
: great thing). Is there specifict things you pick up
: from each? All those artists, and more, teach me
: something new each time.

Mostly storytelling choices are what I learned from each the the people that you mentioned. Each of them have a very unique way of storytelling. They each have certain subtleties that I think most people miss. And I was fascinated with the story telling that is in the subtext of their work. They understand how to imbue power BETWEEN the panels, not just in the panels themselves.

: 3. Could you explain once again the little triangle
: things in your artwork? I know that they are there for
: a reason, I just couldn't remember why. Bill
: Sienkiewicz has a habit of using the little triangles
: too, so obviously, great minds think alike.

Well, the way it started is this: Whenever I talk on the phone (even as a little kid) I do a lot of mindless drawing that I pay no attention to. But I realized that I don't really draw any actual renderings. I just draw all these strange kind of designs and shapes. Like geometric patterns and mazes. But they still seemed fascinating to me.

So i wanted to integrate that kind of unconscious design into my very deliberate conscious layouts and storytelling. I wanted to blend the analytical with the intuitive. So I started integrating it in two main ways.

1. I sometimes use it as a pattern inspired by the way that Gustav Klimt used geometric design.

2. I also use it as an element of design in the actual story telling, in that it is a graphic element that leads the readers eye to the order of the page, the heirarchy of the compositions, or points to things in the page. It tells them what is most important in the page, and in what order to read it. Sort of like road signs.

: 4. Knowing that Bill Sienkiewicz is a big influence with
: you, do you have the Jimi Hendrix graphic novel that
: he painted? It is sweet. I have a extra copy if you
: don't.

Thanks, I have it. It is great. He's a sweet guy too.

: Wanted to let you know, Lee and myself donated the pages
: from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund book to the Oni
: Press charity auction, so if someone asks to have them
: signed, smile and thank them for buying them for the
: charity.

Thanks :)

ANd you did a good job on that. You should be real happy with it.

: Anyways, always good to see more Mack stuff around. Love
: the Alias covers. Issue #2 was the best.

Thanks again,

DM

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