The Forbidden Planet blog has an interview up with Mike Conroy, the new editor of the UK’s long-running comics magazine Comics International, which hasn’t been on shelves for a few months:
FPI: Mike taking over the reins after Dez Skinn put in such a dauntingly long sting must be something that fills you with pride but perhaps a little apprehension given how resistant the comics trade can be to change. How are you feeling at this moment ahead of your first edited release?
MC: Right now? Under siege… I can sympathise with those guys who looked over the wall of the Alamo and saw all those Mexicans camped outside! However, I’m looking to turn it into a Rorke’s Drift-style scenario!
There’s a lot more work to do getting CI back into the shops than I ever imagined. Not only is there the inertia of the three months without an issue to overcome but there’s also everything that goes with setting up a new company to contend with. It would have been much simpler if we’d have bought Quality Communications rather than just the magazine but that’s not what happened so there’s no point carping on about it.
