The Austin Chronicle interviewed Dean Haspiel last week as a preview for the Staple shindig:
I’ve been published by indies, like Top Shelf and Alternative Comics, I’ve been in anthologies by Fantagraphics, AdHouse Books, and so on. But these days I’m more excited by being published online via Web comics. And the goal for that is, it’s like crack: You give it away free the first time, and that creates a fan base, an addiction to your sensibilities. And rather than that being a bad thing, it’s more of a love thing.
Meanwhile, Brian K. Vaughan talks to Exclaim about ending Y: the Last Man:
This year, Vaughn will bring Y: The Last Man to a close after issue 60 — an end-date he’s long had in mind. But even while he dedicates his time to the series he calls “the book that brought me to the dance,” Y embarks upon a possible second life at the movies. Vaughn recently completed two drafts of a Y: The Last Man screenplay for New Line, who are currently looking for a director. “It’s a totally new story,” he reveals of the film treatment. “It has the same characters and themes, but I felt like I had an obligation to people who’ve never read Y. It’s very nice when people say that Y is a very cinematic read, but really, it’s a long-form piece of serialised graphic fiction and has very little in common with the movies.”
