Sort of. Juan Doe is a bit of an enigma and it was our goal in this interview to hopefully shed some light on this man of mystery. We did, but not much! While he was, of course, very open and talkative in our chat, each question he answered yielded a new question. Sigh...
I (Swain) stumbled upon Juan's art by accident while surfing and was knocked out by his version of The Flash. I forwarded a few things to Dwight and he was struck too. Soon we found Superman, some X-men 198 stuff, then we went to Deviant Art and got blown away! He had an entire gallery on DA that went from animation to underground to classic superheroes to just about whatever.
Doe agreed to come on with us after hearing we'd talked to one of his favorite people, DC Editorial Art Director, Mark Chiarello (who also happens to be one of our favorite people). We covered a lot in the conversation including his one-shot Fantastic Four story called Isla De La Muerte, a peek into his background and why he loves not having an identity. So, ladies and gents, do yourselves a favor...meet Juan Doe...sort of.
**This episode of the show features a snippet of Mos Def's Ghetto Rock in honor of keeping your paint hand strong!
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Gotta give props! Great show and love for Juan Doe. I've been trying to turn some of my comic friends on to your show, and a few have picked up on it.
It's a dream that one day I'll be tits enough to be able to chat with you guys. Lotsa hard work to do still. Back to the drawing board.
Peace,
3!LL
Posted by: 3!LL | February 29, 2008 at 07:59 PM