he’s well known for his art style and
his fascination with the bizarre hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com our host Mike Patel got
the chance to chat with comic book
artist and writer Mike Allred about his
creations can you tell us a little bit
more about madman I understand you’re
the one who who created the concept at
first I create this character named
Frank Einstein kind of like a modern
Frankenstein’s monster a guy that has
brought back to life it has no memory of
his previous existence he’s all scarred
plate in his head stitches everywhere
the process that brought back to life
has made him a little stronger a little
faster but he also has fighting skills
that he’s not sure why and as the story
progresses we find out that he was a
trained agent in his previous existence
so he’s a lot of conflicts about
philosophies and what makes a person a
good person and so there’s a lot of
existentialism in it but at the same
time on the surface it’s always an
adventure comic where the scientists
have brought him back put them in these
really strange adventures with giant
robots and aliens from outer space I
always like going off doing different
collaborative projects but then I always
come back to madman because that’s where
I can do anything I want aside from
superhero comics you’ve also worked on
more abstract work like fables would you
like to talk about that well fables is
one of my favorite continuing series
Bill Willingham is you know he’s one of
the first guys ever met starting in the
business first they just did a little
three-page backup story and then I did a
two issued story and then another one
you’ve had obviously a lot of input on
the Mad Men series as it’s your own
creation for fables how much of it is is
you that’s put into the characters and
the drawings well what’s fun about
collaborating with another writer is
trying to put as much of what’s unique
about you in it while at the same time
honoring their story in the case of Bill
Willingham I want to please him it’s his
story he wrote it so I’m hoping that
what I contribute visually is going to
excite him first I can’t help but put my
own spin on it it just happens naturally
do you feel that the fans are shifting
away from superheroes and more towards
abstract comics like fables I think
there’s a lot of nice
in the industry the audience for you no
more esoteric abstract or alternative
books it’s growing hopefully all of the
audiences are growing you can look at a
comic book and quickly discover if it’s
something you’re going to want to stick
with or not and I have the favorite
books in all genres from all companies I
just celebrate good books
his fascination with the bizarre hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com our host Mike Patel got
the chance to chat with comic book
artist and writer Mike Allred about his
creations can you tell us a little bit
more about madman I understand you’re
the one who who created the concept at
first I create this character named
Frank Einstein kind of like a modern
Frankenstein’s monster a guy that has
brought back to life it has no memory of
his previous existence he’s all scarred
plate in his head stitches everywhere
the process that brought back to life
has made him a little stronger a little
faster but he also has fighting skills
that he’s not sure why and as the story
progresses we find out that he was a
trained agent in his previous existence
so he’s a lot of conflicts about
philosophies and what makes a person a
good person and so there’s a lot of
existentialism in it but at the same
time on the surface it’s always an
adventure comic where the scientists
have brought him back put them in these
really strange adventures with giant
robots and aliens from outer space I
always like going off doing different
collaborative projects but then I always
come back to madman because that’s where
I can do anything I want aside from
superhero comics you’ve also worked on
more abstract work like fables would you
like to talk about that well fables is
one of my favorite continuing series
Bill Willingham is you know he’s one of
the first guys ever met starting in the
business first they just did a little
three-page backup story and then I did a
two issued story and then another one
you’ve had obviously a lot of input on
the Mad Men series as it’s your own
creation for fables how much of it is is
you that’s put into the characters and
the drawings well what’s fun about
collaborating with another writer is
trying to put as much of what’s unique
about you in it while at the same time
honoring their story in the case of Bill
Willingham I want to please him it’s his
story he wrote it so I’m hoping that
what I contribute visually is going to
excite him first I can’t help but put my
own spin on it it just happens naturally
do you feel that the fans are shifting
away from superheroes and more towards
abstract comics like fables I think
there’s a lot of nice
in the industry the audience for you no
more esoteric abstract or alternative
books it’s growing hopefully all of the
audiences are growing you can look at a
comic book and quickly discover if it’s
something you’re going to want to stick
with or not and I have the favorite
books in all genres from all companies I
just celebrate good books
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