Whitney Matheson of Pop Candy has posted the first part of a Q&A with artist Tim Sale, which includes several fan questions she received before the event both of them attended at Isotope Comics in San Francisco this past weekend:
You’ve worked on a lot of the big characters in comics. Is there a character you’d like to draw but haven’t had a chance to? — Dennis S.
There are a number of people, and not just at Marvel, but most of them would be. I’d love to do Agent S.H.I.E.L.D. — not Sam Jackson, not David Hasselhoff. Doctor Strange. I used to think I’d like to do Silver Surfer, but I can’t think of any sort of stories … it’s just great artwork. I don’t have any interest in almost any character after ‘75. I include the X-Men in that, even though they were created so much earlier … I’ve never been an X-Men guy.
You know who else I’d really love to do? I’d love to do Conan. That would be a lot of fun. And if anybody ever gets the rights to do The Shadow again, I would die to do that. I’d do it like a noir story — like the noir story I did with Brian Azzarello in Solo. Ink wash, this sort of faux ’40s look, fedoras and old cars.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Him and Loeb on Conan: Bronze.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’d love to see Mister Sale drawing a Doctor Strange book, there’d be a whole lot of love in that book! His face just lit up with joy when he walked in the Isotope and saw Kirsten Baldock’s amazing Doc costume.
He and Whitney were such wonderful guests, my staff and I couldn’t adore them more. And all the masses of new folks who came out for the event, checked out new comics, and helped make it so memorable were really awesome. Great to meet them all. Let’s do it again sometime, guys!