175 - Conversation with Darick Robertson

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4.6 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2006

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Meet Darick Robertson. He was the artist on Transmetropolitan and now he's co-creator/artist on Wildstorm's The Boys. Please join us as we talk about his past career, the future of his new series and his dedication to his work. Also, a brief discussion on current comic cover prices. (1:18:51)

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0:00.0	This is Comic Geekspeak, episode 175.
0:15.5	Welcome to Comic Geek Speak. I'm Brian Deamer.
0:17.5	I'm Shane Kelly. I'm Jamie Dee. And I'm Peter Rios.
0:21.7	And this episode of Comic Geekspeak is sponsored by New Jersey's Wild Pig Comics.
0:27.4	Wild Pig Comics 2 is holding its annual fall 50% off sale Saturday, September 30th, 10 a.m. to midnight,
0:35.1	and Sunday, October 1st, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Every item on the sales floor will be 50% off.
0:42.3	30,000 back issues, including high grade, silver, and bronze, as well as thousands of 50-cent books from
0:47.7	the 70s to the present. Over 1,000 trades in graphic novels, hundreds of statues, toys, and
0:53.2	T-shirts.
0:57.6	This is not a phony sale, as we will not raise prices the night before.
1:03.7	No cards, no games, no fads, just 1,400 square feet of wall-to-wall comics and comics merchandise,
1:07.9	presented by Jersey's hardest-working shop, Wild Pig Comics 2.
1:12.6	Wild Pigs Comics 2 is located at 14 South Michigan Avenue in Kenilworth, New Jersey. Minutes from Route 22 east in the Garden State Parkway exit 138.
1:18.4	For further info and directions, go to www.w.wildpigcomics.comiccom.com.
1:26.0	And on the phone with us is Derek Robertson, artist and co-creator of Walt Storm's The Boys with Garth Ennis.
1:32.0	How you doing?
1:32.8	I'm good.
1:33.3	How are you?
1:33.9	We're doing great.
1:35.4	Welcome to the show.
1:36.6	Thank you.
1:37.4	The first question we always ask, Derek, is how did you start reading comics?
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