It, in conjunction with the introduction that follows it by a “Fantagraphics Editor”, argues that Nancy is devoid of contextualization. I could afford to push things a little bit that way, because they (and the rest of their editorial team) would stop things from going too far outside of what they think fits with Sequart. But, that's because I also knew that I had guys like Mike Phillips and Julian Darius backstopping me. If I had to choose between voice and adhering to an academic approach, I usually sided with voice. I was hoping for a book that contained a nice variety of voices rather than a more unified feel that you might find in an academic journal (though, there can be some nice variety there as well, don't get me wrong). Once you've got that smart, academic base, you should feel free to push things and chaff against it a bit. I tend to be a bit more free flowing as a writer. However, that's not something that necessarily drives me in a project like this. Well, Sequart's aim is more academic than anything and I have spent six years in the world of academia, so I think there's an academic approach/feeling that's hard to escape. well, I needed a third idea and I didn't think Joe Casey would sell, you know? I'm a big Ellis fan and I had some ideas about the book and. Really, those were the two projects that I was excited for at the time, so I threw in something about ' Transmetropolitan'. I figured that I'd give them one idea that's all me and one essay collection to increase my odds of actually getting something done. They had asked for three book ideas and I had two: one about Jim Starlin's cosmic work and an anthology about ' Hellblazer'. Shortly after the ' Planetary' book came out, I began talking with Mike Phillips about doing something for them, hopefully a book entirely by me. I wound up doing three essays over a few years, one for their ' Watchmen' book and two for their ' Planetary' book. We did that for Sequart's site and, in the process, I got added to their e-mail list when new projects would come up and they would open the call for essay pitches. He decided to do a discussion column and asked me to do it with him. He wrote his Grant Morrison book for Sequart and they wanted him to do something for their website. Chad Nevett: Blame that, like my other big writing gig (for CBR), on Tim Callahan.

Impressions by Aidan Koch