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Stephen Baskerville On Working For CLiNT Magazine

Stephen Baskerville On Working For CLiNT MagazineStephen Baskerville is another of the creators chosen by Mark Millar to contribute short stories to CLiNT Magazine. Again, it appears, Bleeding Cool was the first to break the news to him.

I asked Stephen about his history in the medium – and it seems this is a little bit deja vu for the man. He told me;

Although I suspect most of the short strips that Mark is selecting for publication are from newcomers trying to break into comics, it's fair to say I'm more of an 'oldcomer', having worked professionally in comics on and off since 1981.

It actually feels quite elliptical to be selected via open submission by one of the leading comics' writers of the day for a new publication; 25 years or so ago, Alan Moore selected my strip, Jim Dandy in The Underworld, for Swiftsure, and it was probably thanks to that selection that I was able to have a career in comics; sometimes, as cover artist for UK comics (Thundercats, Ghostbusters, etc); briefly as artist/co-creator on The Beano (Dog's Breakfast TV); but mostly as an inker in the UK (2000AD, The Megazine, Sleeze Brothers, etc ) and the US for Marvel (Web of Spider-Man, Transformers, GI Joe, etc), DC Comics (Hitch-Hiker's Guide, etc) as well as lots of Malibu Ultraverse stuff.

Stephen Baskerville On Working For CLiNT MagazineThe past 10 years, though, I've mostly worked as a videogame concept artist (on licensed games as diverse as Barbie, Reservoir Dogs and SpongeBob Squarepants), with only occasional returns to the world of pro comics, (most recently inking Panini's Spectacular Spider-Man). But I've continued to produce my own comics for fun/to keep me sane, many of which can be found on my website; and now, one 4 page oddity, unlike pretty much all my other work, is to be published in CLINT magazine, which is something I'm obviously very chuffed about.

As for my hopes for Clint; on a personal level, it would be nice if the exposure led to more of my personal work finding a publisher. On a more general level, a new anthology title like Clint is just what the comics market needs, I think, and my hope is that it survives and thrives. And maybe, just maybe, with the likes of Mark Millar and the other high profile names involved, it will.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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