If you’re a comic book nerd like me, then you might have been at the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art convention back in June, checking out the variety of big-name and indie comic artists, writers, and animators. While wandering around on the second floor, I found Things I’ve Seen At Shows, the punk-influenced independent comic by artist Allan Norico. It’s an awesome and funny look at the staples of weird behavior from people you don’t know but always see at shows. Last week, he was nice enough to sit down with me and put up with a recorder in his face to talk about art, music, and working in video games.
What first drew you to art and comics and animation?
Allan: I tried to always do something creative. When I was in college there was a lot of good music going on at the time. I was doing very uncreative things, mostly business and I was a law major for a while. Being in New York is good because if you are creative, it keeps kicking you in the butt to do creative stuff. Comics was mostly a lark. It was a way to fund some other independent creative projects I’m working on, mostly in the video game industry. It was a way to develop merch and also remember the really good times that I had going to shows in New York, which are still some of the best memories I’ve ever had. It was a good marriage of doing art and liking music and remembering the shows that I used to go to.
Read the rest of the interview after the jump.
