iFanboy - Episode #63: "Darwyn Cooke"
The opportunity of the lifetime, Conor and Josh sit down and talk with creator Darwyn Cooke about The New Frontier, The Spirit, and making comics on an early Sunday morning in SF. Even on very little sleep the man minces no words.
Very late on a Saturday night, we say to Darwyn, "Hey, when do you want to do that interview?" Darwyn asks if we are man enough to meet him at 9 AM the next morning, only a few short hours away. But this Darwyn Cooke, the man behind so many great comics and truly a master of the comics form. So, of course we're man enough. We're groggy, but we're men.
The recent release of the Justice League: New Frontier DVD, and continued focus on Cooke's New Frontier comics, especially the gorgeous Absolute Edition, have shown comic readers that there is another way to make comics. It's clean, elegant, intelligent, and not gimmicky. Cooke followed up on that success with a brilliant 12 issue run on The Spirit. Cooke talks to us about where he came from, how he thinks about comics, what they should be, and even gives us a taste of what we'll see in the future.
It's candid, it's a little salty, and it's mostly coherent. It's Darwyn Cooke on iFanboy!
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Comments
That was a fun interview to watch. I thought it was great when Darwyn talked about the monthly process and lateness. Talk about being direct.
Even though I don't read Jonah Hex, I'll definitely be waiting to check out the issue he does this summer. Just to see what his interpretation is of what they give him should be fun to see.
Posted by adrian on 03/29/08 at 05:21 PM
He seems like a very honest person and I liked the interview a lot with his candid responses. Perhaps the timeliness of the interview had something to do with it;) Having said that, I didn't like the movie. I've never read the comics either. I didn't like the animation style and the voice acting was terrible I thought. To each his own:)
Posted by s1lentslayer on 03/29/08 at 06:48 PM
Great interview guys. When he said "Jonah Hex" my heart started beatly rapidly, overcome with joy. Can't wait for that issue! Sidenote: Will you be getting a third mic anytime soon? (j/k) :P
Posted by cromulent on 03/29/08 at 08:42 PM
Did you guys ever imagine you'd be sitting down with someone like Darwyn Cooke for a half hour for an interview like that? Great to watch. Thanks.
Posted by Threshold on 03/29/08 at 10:05 PM
I can't wait to watch this! I think I'm going to purchase that Absolute Edition from the Ifanboy/amazon store tonight too!
I loved the movie, but have yet to read the book. Since you guys have gushed so much about the absolute, and since I loved the movie and recent special JLANF #1 issue, I think I'll skip the regular trades and go straight to the Absolute!
Posted by Superyan on 03/29/08 at 10:51 PM
This made my day. I love Darwyn Cooke's work along with the rest of his team J. Bone and Dave Stewart. I can't wait to see what he does with Jonah Hex.
Mr. Cooke your time off I think is well deserved, I paitently await any thing else that you along with the rest of your team does.
Posted by jmstump on 03/30/08 at 12:41 AM
Fantastic show guys. I love the interview shows.
Posted by John on 04/02/08 at 01:26 PM
I got my New Frontier pint glass today! Thanks for mailing it up to Alaska. Gordon (I presume) did a good packing it up in newspaper.
Posted by PymSlap on 04/03/08 at 11:00 PM
Great interview, fellas. Nice to hear Cooke be so candid about the way the industry works. Looking forward to that Jonah Hex issue he was talking about.
Posted by ComicsAreCool on 04/04/08 at 12:21 AM
Chhers! Excellent Job. I'd be interested if Darwn did something creator owned someday, but it seems as though his heart is in this stuff. Still, that's not to disperage the man's genius.
Posted by DaveCarr on 03/29/08 at 02:22 PM