Interviewing Mathew Reynolds, illustrator of The Mercenary Sea comic.
There are thousands of titles out there, vying for our attention each week, but a recent addition manages to grab it almost at once, turning out to be not only an interesting creation, but a work with the quality of a comic that could—in time—win the label “classic”, as well
Its name: “The Mercenary Sea”.
So, how could we resist the temptation to arrange an interview on behalf of the audience of this comics community?
However, while preparing the questions for this task, we realized that we needed to ask something a bit more “unusual” than questions on details about the plot and the characters of the comic —something that we actually do with our monthly presentations about this title—, or the way that the “Mercenary Crew” works to deliver the next inspiring issue each month.
Giving this matter a great deal of thought, it occurred to us that it would be more important to reveal something of the “mojo” and “the power of the craft” of this creation, than mere information, so we ended up with just four questions.
We hope that you’ll find them precise enough to give you a sense of the atmosphere of the comic, and intriguing enough to make you read some issues of “T.M.S.” and see for yourselves if the “prophecy” about a “classic creation” will be fulfilled some day…
And now, the torch goes to the illustrator of “The Mercenary Sea”, Mathew Reynolds, who was kind enough to give us a tour of his artistic philosophy and the worlds that he envisioned and brought to life for his readers.
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Posted on 15 Ιουνίου 2014, in Arts, Comics News, Comics Trades, CT Exclusive, CT Special, Interviews, Άρθρα Μελών, Έρευνα, Αποσπάσματα, Αποκλειστικότητες, Αφιερώματα, Ειδήσεις, Κόμικς Συνεντεύξεις, Συνεντεύξεις and tagged Image Comics, Kel Symons, Mathew Reynolds, Pat Brosseau, Sebastian Girner, The Mercenary Sea. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Σχόλια.
I couldn’t be more proud of this Basilis…Thank you so much. It means a LOT.
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Goodmorning, Mathew!
Thank you very much for this interview. You are giving us the opportunity to talk about your creation, wich i`m finding it fresh and attractive to my eyes.
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What was your main inspiration, for «Mercenary Sea»?
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Keep nailing it, Mathew!
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You can find more details about «The Mercenary Sea» from here:
https://www.facebook.com/themercenarysea
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You can ask Mathew Reynolds about comics, the procedure of creation -anything you have in mind-, from the comments of this post and we will relay his answers.
Don’t be shy! 😀
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By the way: click the images for better detail.
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CORTO! THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. I’m Trying to make it look good…It’s getting better.
My main inspiration for TMS was Han Solo and a series that ran in
D.C.’s G.I. COMBAT, called THE MERCENARIES as well as Larry Hama’s
G.I JOE for Marvel comics. Visually, the Bakshi films, FIRE AND
ICE and AMERICAN POP and also JONNY QUEST and the FILMATION series
TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE and The animated G.I. JOE series. The
comic and illustration list is VAST. Toth, Williamson, Frazetta,
Mignola, Miller, Darwyn Cooke. Cinematography work by Vottorio
Stararo(APOCALYPSE NOW), Doug Slocombe(RAIDERS), Robert
Richardson(PLATOON). Many others fo different stripe.
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As i was looking at the sketches, let me say that they do have a `70s glow, from such comics as those of James Bond and Tarzan.
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Generaly i`m finding the idea fresh and attractive. It has a nice feeling coming out of the script and it bring us memories from great titles of the past. Keep rocking, Mathew! You`re doing an excellent work!
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CORTO, that means a lot. Thank you, my friend,
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Mathew, you`ve got talent and a brand new point of view and that is coming right out of your work. The Mercenary Sea it is one of the best titles i`ve read the last 8-9 months(and do believe i`ve read a hell of a lot!). It is a new suggestion for the readers. We`re looking forward to learn news from you. And one last question: If you could turn back the time and suddenly be at let`s say 1970, in wich title you`d be glad to work with?
For my friends George. 🙂
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Now, that’s a tough one!
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🙂 It sure is!
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Captain Johnny Cloud, a full blooded Navajo fighter pilot that spent more time in close combat than he did in his fighter plane. I’d love to work on a Johnny Cloud story. There was also a character from G.I. COMBAT called Kana the ninja, i’d love to work on a Kana story.
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I have to admit that I don’t know much about those two guys, but the details you mention are very interesting…
![](https://i0.wp.com/yoursmiles.org/psmile/military/p0261.gif)
(Hmm, let’s check it out)
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