Mike Allred on Madman Atomic Comics
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Mike Allred is an artist with a narrative approach quite unlike most comic book storytellers. Last week saw the release of Madman Atomic Comics 8, which we discuss in this email interview (and is being touted as a “fantastic jumping-on point for new readers”), as well as discussing other Madman matters. Just to give you a heads up (and not to sugarcoat things), I misidentify a Paul Pope cover as being an Allred piece in this interview. Just to show what a nice fellow that Allred is, I left my mistake and his kind correction in the interview. My thanks to Allred for the interview and Image’s Joe Keatinge for facilitating it.
Tim O’Shea: Other than not having to handle a great deal of the business minutiae of self-publishing, what have been some of the best benefits of shifting from self-publishing to Image Comics?
Mike Allred: Simple. A well oiled machine. Top notch crew. Ace printing and marketing costs. Smooth.