Arthur Strickland
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2012?
It
would have to be discovering the Ozcomics page on Facebook for sure (Courtesy of Ms Fiona Freestone). It just opened so many doors and helped
me meet the most amazing local writers and artists. I had pretty much
fallen out of the whole art and comic book scene but this totally
re-inspired my passion for drawing. Working with Matt Kyme, Clint
Hammill and Darren Close has been amazing and its so humbling getting
such positive feedback from such a talented group of guys.
Who are some of the comics creators that you've discovered and enjoyed for the first time in 2012?
I
live in a small town outside of Melbourne so I was really amazed at the
comic scene there. So much talent and so many to mention but standouts
off the top of my head are Zed Mercury by Steve Boyd, The Dirt Nap by
Brendan Halyday, Killeroo by Darren Close, Collateral and 'Our love will
never die, but we will' by Matthew Nichols. Frank Candilloro's work
Blood across Broadway and Viddy well, Brother is amazing and his style
is totally unique. Matt Kyme also released his solo project The Ace
which he wrote and illustrated and I was just blown away. We only
recently had a comic book store open up in my home town, so I also went
back and caught up on old stuff that I'd been meaning to read including-
100 Bullets, Preacher, Kick Ass, The Walking Dead, Lobo, Swamp Thing to
name a few. All amazing.
Stephen
Kings The Wind Through the Keyhole was delightful. I really loved
Prometheus and Cabin in the Woods. Both stand outs. Battlefield 3
expansion packs have also kept that disc almost permanently in my PS3.
Music wise I've really enjoyed Noctourniquet by The Mars Volta, Book
Burner by Pig Destroyer, the new Testament and Deftones albums were good
too. Breaking Bad and Face Off are both television highlights.
Have you implemented any significant changes to your working methods this year?
Too
many too mention haha. Since taking on the role of penciler, inker and
colourist on That Bulletproof Kid, plus working on a short Killeroo
story for Darren Close as well as the odd commission and weekly Ozcomics
entries, I'm almost constantly changing and fine tuning work methods and
techniques to increase output speed and save time. Inking for example
went from digital to pen to dip pen and ink to brush and ink then back
to digital (laughs).
Really
just looking forward to creating more art and stories. I may possibly
even have a crack at writing. Matt Kyme and I are also looking into one
of his other stories for a possible 2013 release. Being a big gaming fan
I'm really looking forward to the next generation of games consoles.
I'm expecting them to be mind blowing haha.
