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SeanC Junior Member

Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 106 Location: T.O
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Posted: Dec 28, 2003 2:39 am Post subject: Question for Mack |
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I've noticed, as most people have I am sure, that you feature women characters quite a bit in your work. Kabuki, and the agents of the Noh, are all women. Echo, your first creation for Marvel Comics, is a woman. Why do you choose, if I may ask, to feature strong female characters as the leads and central figures in your work? Why not men? Do you relate easier to women? Are the easier to write, etc.
I also have another question (if I may). I always notice the small triangles that orbit your images/characters in some of your work. Do these represent something special?
Thanks so much, David. _________________ Divergingcomics.com
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Mark Josephs Senior Member

Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 2242 Location: New York City
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Posted: Dec 28, 2003 3:47 am Post subject: Re: Question for Mack |
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Not that it answers your question, but that's one of the reasons I think Mack's work is so great. In an industry that's so saturated with comics about testosterone-fueled vigilantes with giant muscles that are always grimacing, it's pretty refreshing to read a book with some well-developed, 3-dimensional female characters. Just another reason to buy Kabuki. _________________ "We have now reaped the bitter harvest that underestimating Mrs. Krafft sowed."
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sdfain Senior Member

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 1671 Location: Jackson, Ohio
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Posted: Dec 28, 2003 4:33 am Post subject: Re: Question for Mack |
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i can't think of a reason not to buy Kabuki...unless its the choice between Kabuki and 6 packs of Ramen Noodles...well no...still buy Kabuki _________________
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Twocool4u1 Enthusiast
Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 750 Location: oregon
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Posted: Dec 28, 2003 4:46 am Post subject: Re: Question for Mack |
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from mack's board:
Well, the way it started is this: Whenever I talk on the phone (even as a little kid) I do a lot of mindless drawing that I pay no attention to. But I realized that I don't really draw any actual renderings. I just draw all these strange kind of designs and shapes. Like geometric patterns and mazes. But they still seemed fascinating to me.
So i wanted to integrate that kind of unconscious design into my very deliberate conscious layouts and storytelling. I wanted to blend the analytical with the intuitive. So I started integrating it in two main ways.
1. I sometimes use it as a pattern inspired by the way that Gustav Klimt used geometric design.
2. I also use it as an element of design in the actual story telling, in that it is a graphic element that leads the readers eye to the order of the page, the heirarchy of the compositions, or points to things in the page. It tells them what is most important in the page, and in what order to read it. Sort of like road signs.
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Papercuts Senior Member

Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Vegas
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Posted: Dec 28, 2003 9:25 am Post subject: Re: Question for Mack |
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I want to know hows the model for Echo, so fineeee _________________ Mung- When you don't know what to do with that dead hooker in your trunk.
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MACK! Junior Member
Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 112
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Posted: Jan 07, 2004 7:03 am Post subject: Re: Question for Mack |
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Hi friends.
As for the answer to the first question, just read the recent interview with me at Newsarama, or the new one at sequential tart.
Thanks for the kind words.
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