One of the people we looked forward to meeting and talking with at this year's Heroes Con was artist Guy Davis. Guy has been on our radar since the early '90s when he was penciling Vertigo's Sandman Mystery Theatre, and continues to be with his work on BPRD for Dark Horse. We can't help it—we tend to like guys (pun intended) who handle darker subject matters well, and he definitely does.
With a style that focuses on storytelling, mood and feel, Guy's able to convey a lot in his stories with his deceptively simple line work. To quote his friend George Pratt, "Everyone he applies his pen to breathes, and the hardness of life shows on their faces and in the slump of their shoulders. They're real people". We couldn't agree more.
Guy has been holding it down on BPRD for a few years now with the book's creator, Mike Mignola and writer John Arcudi. And hey, you have to give him credit—any artist with
the guts (or balls) to jump on a bunch of characters designed by Mignola himself, must have the goods. Mike is renowned for his graphic style and beautifully bizarre images, and Davis picks up the ball running every month and scores—big time!
Hailing from the great state of Michigan, we talk a little about his roots with Arrow Comics, Caliber Comics and his first creator-owned book Baker Street, co-written by Gary Reed. We also get into his collaboration with Matt Wagner on Sandman Mystery Theatre, his current
BPRD arc "The Warning", and a hint about the next installment in Guy's own book, The Marquis. As a matter of fact, there may be some Marquis news announced at San Diego, but don't tell anyone we told you.
Our thanks to Guy for chatting with us and being....well, such a good guy (pun intended...again!).
**For this epsiode, we played a snippet of Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street for obvious reasons.
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Your show rules. Totally awesome. I'm not really into American mainstream comics, I really prefer European and Asian comics(live in Holland, that's probably why), but your conversations with them artists are fucking hilarious. Just wanted to say that. Keep at it dudes!
Posted by: Ming Ong | July 29, 2008 at 09:06 AM