The Ninth Art small press spotlight

Big Things: Rob Osborne
19th September 2003
He's on the path to world domination, and piffling things like life, money and work aren't going to get in his way. Ninth Art hands the podium over to the award-winning creator of 1000 STEPS TO WORLD DOMINATION. We'll pay, oh how we'll all pay...

Big Things: Stan Yan
11th August 2003
He's a stock broker who never wanted to draw comics, but just can't stop wanting to make people laugh. Stan Yan graduates from his college-kid superhero parody ON-CAMPUS CRUSADER to tell Ninth Art about the trials and tribulations of making comics.

Big Things: Jamar Nicholas
11th August 2003
And lo, it is said that whenever two or more indie cartoonists are gathered, so shall you find The Grand Poobah getting down and shouting,

Big Things: Jason Yungbluth
18th July 2003
What Is Deep Fried? It's a hilarious, over-the-top humour comic produced by one of the small press scene's most unashamedly tasteless talents. Jason Yungbluth takes time out from mocking the afflicted to let Ninth Art in on the joke.

Big Things: Neil Kleid
30th June 2003
He's a storyteller first and a cartoonist second; he loves web comics as much as minis; and he harbours a strange obsession with Todd Klein's money. Neil Kleid just can't stop talking to Ninth Art.

Big Things: Dash Shaw
23rd June 2003
You may not know his name - yet - but he's a prolific artist and comics creator poised to unleash several large projects into the medium. The Ninth Art spotlight falls on Dash Shaw to talk about humility, profit and procrastination.

Big Things: Rick Smith
13th June 2003
The spotlight falls again, this time on some old BLACK MAGIC - Rick Smith, creator of SHUCK UNMASKED and travelogue cartoonist extraordinaire, tackles his own demons... both on and off the page.

Big Things: Tim Fish
30th May 2003
Ninth Art joins the cavalcade to get closer to Tim Fish, creator of gay soap operas and gay romance strips both online and in print, to find out how he copes with the small press life.

Big Things: Damon Hurd
9th May 2003
The Eisner-nominated creator of MY UNCLE JEFF takes a break from his next book to talk to Ninth Art about comics, making sacrifices and living between the cracks of the mainstream/indie camps.

Big Things: Myatt Murphy and Scott Dalrymple
9th May 2003
Today's small press splotlight falls on the creators of the acclaimed and Eisner-nominated FADE FROM BLUE, to find out how two regular guys have taken comics into their own hands.

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