The Panel and Pixel forum launches its “Featured Creator of the Month” series with an interview with Jamie McKelvie of Phonogram and Suburban Glamour fame:
Your work with writer Kieron Gillen, the Image miniseries Phonogram (now available in the Rue Britannia TPB), has gained a lot of attention and praise from both fans and the press. How did you and Gillen meet, and what made you two decide that this would be a good project to collaborate on?
We met on a bridge over the River Severn, one misty dawn in early 1835. I had inadvertently insulted his bride-to-be at a tavern three weeks before, and he felt compelled to defend her honour. So he had arranged through our intermediaries for a pistol fight. He had reckoned without my sharp aim, but being a good sort I knew I couldn’t kill him, so I aimed for his pistol. One bullet sent it flying but crippled his hand, rendering him unable to draw. When he talked about his life’s work, Phonogram, and how he could no longer draw it, I felt compelled to lend my pen and help him realize his dream. After all, this was all my fault!
Still, we laugh about it now.
Suburban Glamour, McKelvie’s creator-owned modern fantasy, debuts next month from Image Comics.
