{"id":146949,"date":"2023-12-15T09:52:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutchcomiccon.com\/?p=146949"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:53:12","slug":"new-an-interview-with-jimmy-palmiotti-the-writer-the-inker-the-gunslinger-and-the-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchcomiccon.com\/nl\/2023\/12\/15\/new-an-interview-with-jimmy-palmiotti-the-writer-the-inker-the-gunslinger-and-the-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"New! An interview with Jimmy Palmiotti \u2013 The writer, the inker, the Gunslinger and the Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"146949\" class=\"elementor elementor-146949 elementor-146948\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27788f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27788f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2133aee\" data-id=\"2133aee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05afaf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05afaf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>During HDCC many titans of the comic book world were present in Jaarbeurs Utrecht. As well as Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, Nicola Scott and Elsa Charretier, writer\/artist Jimmy Palmiotti and his wife Amanda Conner were present. Read the Jimmy Palmiotti interview! <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc646a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abc646a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jimmy Palmiotti is an award winning comic book creator. He is the co-founder of Event Comics, Black Bull Media and PaperFilms. For Marvel, Jimmy and Joe Quesada created the\u00a0<em>Marvel Knights<\/em>\u00a0line, where superheroes such as\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Kindle Daredevil: Marvel Knights Collection Vol. 1 (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/kindle-daredevil-marvel-knights-collection-vol-1-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daredevil<\/a>, The Punisher, Black Panther and The Inhumans were presented in new and interesting ways. Jimmy works on many series and characters, such as\u00a0<em>The Big Con Job<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Monolith<\/em>,\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"The Pro (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/the-pro-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>The Pro<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>Ash<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sex and Violence<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Painkiller Jane<\/em>. That last one \u2013\u00a0<em>Painkiller Jane<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 is also a Syfy original tv series starring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0518085\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_3_q_Kristanna%2520Loken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristanna Loken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Together with his partner Amanda Conner, Jimmy is working on\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Harley Quinn Volume 1 Hot In The City (Bol.com)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/harley-quinn-volume-1-hot-in-the-city-bol-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Harley Quinn<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for DC Comics. With Justin Gray, he has co-written\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Jonah Hex: Counting Corpses (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/jonah-hex-counting-corpses-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Jonah Hex<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>All-Star Western<\/em>,\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Power Girl Power Trip (Bol.com)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/power-girl-power-trip-bol-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Power Girl<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the digital\u00a0<em>Ame-Comi Girls<\/em>.\u00a0Jimmy has also worked on video games such as\u00a0<em>Injustice: Gods Among Us<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>DCU vs. Mortal Kombat<\/em>.\u00a0Several creations are currently in film development:\u00a0<em>Just A Pilgrim<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The New West<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Random Acts of Violence<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Monolith<\/em>,\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Back to Brooklyn (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/back-to-brooklyn-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Back To Brooklyn<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>Tempest<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Painkiller Jane<\/em>. So when I heard Jimmy and Amanda would be present at\u00a0<em>Dutch Comic Con 2023 Winter Edition<\/em>, I jumped at the chance to get my\u00a0<em>Marvel Knights Daredevil #1\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>The Pro\u00a0<\/em>signed and talk to this hero of comic books. Read on to find out what keeps this creative writer and artist busy at the moment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I learned about your work when I was just getting into American comics and found the\u00a0<\/em>Marvel Knights<em>\u00a0I was reading\u00a0<\/em>Daredevil<em>\u00a0which you did with Joe Queasada and I got to know the team of Joe and Jimmy.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes, we did a lot of work together.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>How did that come to pass?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37337\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37337\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37337 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-195x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-370x569.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-270x415.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1.jpg 520w\" alt=\"Jimmy Palmiotti interview \u2013 Marvel Knights Daredevil 1\" width=\"163\" height=\"250\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-370x569.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-270x415.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1.jpg 520w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marvel-Knights-Daredevil-1-195x300.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Kindle Daredevil: Marvel Knights Collection Vol. 1 (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/kindle-daredevil-marvel-knights-collection-vol-1-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Marvel Knights Daredevil<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I met Joe at San Diego Comic Con. A mutual friend introduced us and we got along great. At the time I was designing covers for Marvel. I was doing layouts and then gave it to artists to do the covers. And I got Joe some work doing that. The next thing we worked on together was\u00a0<em>X-O Manowar #0<\/em>\u00a0for Valiant. That did very well and we started publishing our own comics like\u00a0<em>Painkiller Jane\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Ash\u00a0<\/em>as Event Comics.<\/p>\n<p>And while we were doing Event Comics, Marvel was in Chapter Eleven, which is bankruptcy. They decided to get these two guys to do something for them. What we did, we got four titles and Joe and I decided we wanted to do\u00a0<em>Daredevil.\u00a0<\/em>Filmmaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0003620\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_4_nm_3_q_kevin%2520smuth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Smith<\/a>\u00a0owed us some favours \u2013 we were in one of his movies (<em>Chasing Amy\u00a0<\/em>(1997)) \u2013 so we got him to write the series. We hired our friends to do the other books: Berni Wrightson (<em>The Punisher<\/em>), Mark Texeira (<em>Black Panther<\/em>), Paul Jenkins (<em>The Inhumans<\/em>), Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (<em>The Punisher<\/em>). Joe and me, we hired all our friends to work with us.<\/p>\n<p>We made sure the right creators were paired with the right books, but Joe and I worked together all the way up to\u00a0<em>Marvel Knights<\/em>. We were very successful and then Marvel was bought by Disney. They were not in Chapter 11 anymore and I decided I wanted to do more writing. So, I left to do more writing and Joe stayed. But we\u2019re still friends, we still talk once a month. So, it\u2019s been a very long creative friendship. But now I have a new partner, Amanda Conner, and that\u2019s a good relationship too. I do like working with other people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37335\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37335 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-1024x741.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-370x268.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-270x195.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-570x412.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-740x535.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-600x434.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel.jpg 1500w\" alt=\"Jimmy Palmiotti on stage in a Dutch Comic Con panel\" width=\"770\" height=\"557\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-370x268.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-270x195.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-570x412.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-740x535.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-600x434.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel.jpg 1500w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-on-stage-in-a-Dutch-Comic-Con-panel-1024x741.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I was just talking to one of the writers of the\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios (Bol.com)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/mcu-the-reign-of-marvel-studios-bol-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios<\/a><em>\u00a0book and I told him that Marvel is at their best when they are almost bankrupt. When they do not have any money and are in trouble. Then, from the ashes, something new comes up, like a Phoenix. Then there\u2019s this freedom of creativity. Now they\u2019ve been bought by Disney and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/avengers-endgame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avengers: Endgame<\/a><em><em>\u00a0made them billions of money. Did that kill the creativity?<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think what happens is, creators, as they get older, they get better. They refine what they\u2019re doing. Look at any famous artist who gets older, you start to see\u2026 with comics, they think younger is the better way to go. We know that\u2019s not true most of the time, because experience does. Marvel is in a place where, because Disney owns them, they\u2019re cheap. They\u2019re trying to do things cheap. They hire a lot of younger, cheaper talent and the books don\u2019t have the same focus as they used to. They seem to be just putting out stuff. You know they\u2019re not doing great when you have nine covers for every comic.<\/p>\n<p>It used to be that a comic was good enough for one cover and you would grab it. For\u00a0<em>Marvel Knights,\u00a0<\/em>we did two, because we were trying to test the market. But seriously, it\u2019s not the cover, it\u2019s what\u2019s inside that\u2019s everything. I just think it needs to find its way again. They\u2019re trying so many new ideas that there\u2019s no central core to the line anymore. People feel you pick up a\u00a0<em>Punisher\u00a0<\/em>book, it\u2019s not Frank Castle. You pick up\u00a0<em>Elektra\u00a0<\/em>and you know she died. So, what\u2019s that? And you pick up\u00a0<em>Daredevil\u00a0<\/em>or something similar and there\u2019s a different team every five issues. Comic book fans like continuity of talent. Amanda and I did hundred and twenty issues of\u00a0<em>Harley Quinn<\/em>, people liked when we were on the title.\u00a0<em>Daredevil\u00a0<\/em>was me, Joe and Kevin for a while.<\/p>\n<p>So, by trying to appeal to a younger market, younger people, I think they alienate some of the established purchases. They have to be careful, because I think the big companies are in danger right now, with trying to please everybody. And comics have never been about pleasing everybody. I always say: \u2018the movies come to comics to get ideas. Not the other way around\u2019. And right now, it\u2019s the other way around. People see the movies and they write the comics like the movies. That\u2019s not the way it is. We create, they copy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I saw it happening after\u00a0<\/em>Avengers: Endgame<em>. You had this Marvel logo being the comics and then the movie would start. Now it\u2019s the Marvel comics in the logo changing into the Marvel Cinematic Universe images and then the movie starts.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37331\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37331\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37331 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-194x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-370x571.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-270x417.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics.jpg 518w\" alt=\"Event Comics - Ash 1\" width=\"162\" height=\"250\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-370x571.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-270x417.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics.jpg 518w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ash-1-Event-Comics-194x300.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<em>Ash #1<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They have it backwards. The film companies steal from us, we\u2019re not supposed to steal from them. They do their own thing. When I write Harley or Jonah Hex, I write them true to who the character is. I realize who the audience is.<\/p>\n<p>With the movies, trying to make everyone happy, it gets watered down a little bit, or they change it. Because you have a guy who never read the comics, going like: \u2018oh no, let\u2019s not do that. Let\u2019s change it\u2019. And then the comic people are disappointed. So, I think the separation should be made.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It\u2019s turning around. They have consultants from the comics. Kelly Sue DeConnick consulted for\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/the-marvels-recensie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Marvels<\/a><em>, Charles Soule is consulting for\u00a0<\/em>Star Wars<em>. Hopefully they can turn it around.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope so. I hope that instead of giving us a thank you and making a billion dollars, it would be nice to get a check. But that doesn\u2019t really happen much.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>One thing I\u2019ve also noticed in comics, there\u2019s now this tendency to have a good penciller being coloured by a colourist without any inks. Do you think the art of inking is disappearing?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes. I think with technology, sort of like photo retouching and AI doing stuff, it\u2019s a dying artform. There are still some people who are very good. For example, Klaus Janson. If you look at the pencils, then Klaus inks it, it\u2019s something beautiful. I think we\u2019re losing some of that, but some of that comes from the companies not wanting to pay the inkers. They want the artists to do it, so they give them a little bit more money, but not what the inkers used to get. I think it\u2019s them being cheap and phasing out that part of the creative process.<\/p>\n<p>Look, maybe one day soon, AI will just colour the books. We don\u2019t know. Everything is changing so quick. I think certain pencilers need good inkers and suffer without them. Frank Miller always looks better with Klaus Janson. Al Williamson made John Romita Jr. look the best. He never looked that good since. That was the best combination. So, it comes down to individual taste as well. I inked a lot in the business, I knew what I was doing. I helped. When I inked Steve Dillon, it looked different. When I inked Joe, it looked different from what Joe looks like now. The right inker can really bring something to the table. But I do think it\u2019s an artform that, because companies are getting cheaper, they\u2019re trying to pay less people money. And art always suffers when people cut corners.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What is your approach when you ink somebody new?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I do my own books with crowdfunding, Kickstarter and stuff. When I work with people, I work with people I like. As far as art styles, when I ink Amanda, I know what she wants, because she\u2019s right here. I get an opinion right away. I do a lot less inking these days, more writing. But I think the fans know when something works. They look at it and go \u2018yeah!\u2019. Frank Miller with Klaus Janson on\u00a0<em>Daredevil<\/em>\u2026 beautiful. Al Williamson on anybody\u2026 beautiful. You just see it. You know when you see the originals, it\u2019s brilliant. It\u2019s an instinctual thing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>So, what\u2019s your secret working with your wife? How do you do it, how do you keep the creativity flowing?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37332\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37332 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-196x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-370x567.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-270x414.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city.jpg 522w\" alt=\"Harley Quinn - Hot in the city\" width=\"163\" height=\"250\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-370x567.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-270x414.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city.jpg 522w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Harley-Quinn-Hot-in-the-city-196x300.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Harley Quinn Volume 1 Hot In The City (Bol.com)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/harley-quinn-volume-1-hot-in-the-city-bol-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Harley Quinn: Hot in the city<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love her like crazy. We try to challenge each other. So, when we wrote\u00a0<em>Harley Quinn\u00a0<\/em>together, we always tried to make each other laugh by how crazy we could get in the book. We do argue, but it\u2019s usually because we want to do something better. We want it to be better.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">And we have a nice size house. Her studio is upstairs and mine is downstairs. And then we meet for lunch. So, we\u2019re in different places. Because I listen to music when I work and she has the tv on. I can\u2019t work with tv, she can. When I work, I listen to classical music, I write to classical music. The key is to understand each other\u2019s place and appreciate each other too. She is so talented, sometimes I don\u2019t say something, because if I say something, she comes up with something better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I learned to be patient and let her do what she does best. We learned to trust the strength of the other person. She\u2019s very patient and she does a lot of research. Where I\u2019m very quick and spontaneous. But she likes when I\u2019m spontaneous and I like that she\u2019s patient. Over time, we learned on the page. I know she\u2019s going to draw something which connects with the audience. So I write it as best I can and then she makes it better.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37333\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37333 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-1024x782.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-370x282.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-270x206.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-570x435.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-740x565.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-600x458.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition.jpg 1500w\" alt=\"Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor at Dutch Comic Con 2023 Winter Edition\" width=\"770\" height=\"588\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-370x282.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-270x206.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-570x435.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-740x565.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-600x458.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition.jpg 1500w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jimmy-Palmiotti-and-Amanda-Connor-at-Dutch-Comic-Con-2023-Winter-Edition-1024x782.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview: Jimmy and Amanda at the Heroes\u00a0<em>Dutch Comic Con 2023 Winter Edition<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Can you tell something about the process making\u00a0<\/em>The Pro<em>? It\u2019s one of the most abnormal things I have in my collection. How did that happen?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37136\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37136\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37136 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-193x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-370x575.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-270x419.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro.jpg 515w\" alt=\"The Pro\" width=\"161\" height=\"250\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-370x575.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-270x419.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro.jpg 515w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Pro-193x300.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"The Pro (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/the-pro-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>The Pro<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Me, Amanda, Garth Ennis and John McCrea were guests at the Essen Comic Con around 1997, 1998. We all went to a bar called Fritzpatricks at night and we drank a lot. And Amanda said: \u2018How come no one ever made a superhero who was a hooker?\u2019 And Garth was like: \u2018Oh, if you did that, she would do this and that\u2019. And we all sat there and talked about it. It was sort of like the beginning of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/the-boys-seizoen-3-recensie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Boys<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>for Garth. While we talked and were laughing about what a superhero hooker could do, Amanda started drawing on a napkin what she would look like. And that\u2019s The Pro. She drew it like that while we were in the bar, drunk.<\/p>\n<p>And the next day, we were all laughing about it and imagining we did it. I said: \u2018If you want to write it and we can do the art, I\u2019ll sell it to someone\u2019. And maybe six months later we finished the book, but we had no publisher. So I brought it to DC Comics, to Vertigo. I asked if they wanted to publish it. They looked at it and looked at me and went like \u2018No\u2019. Then I went to Top Shelf Publishing. And he (Chris Staros \u2013 red.) looked at it and said: \u2018it\u2019s fun, but I don\u2019t like the name\u00a0<em>The Pro\u2019.\u00a0<\/em>He wanted to take it if we changed the name of the book. I said we liked\u00a0<em>The Pro<\/em>, it makes sense for who she is. So they didn\u2019t want it.<\/p>\n<p>I went to a few more publishers, nobody wanted it. And then I was in San Diego where I met with Erik (Larsen \u2013 red.) at Image Comics. I said: \u2018Here\u2019s this book I have, nobody wants it\u2019. He looked at it, he\u2019s laughing. He goes: \u2018We want this!\u2019. That\u2019s how we got it published. But nobody wanted it for a while. It was too much, to adult, they would get in trouble for it. And Image was the only publisher who got it. Erik loved it. And it\u2019s in its ninth printing. It still sells.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I\u2019m a bit surprised about Top Shelf. They published\u00a0<\/em>Lost Girls<em>, written by Alan Moore and drawn by Melinda Gebbie. Which is basically crayon erotica.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They just wanted to change the name, which we didn\u2019t. I love Top Shelf, Chris Staros is a great guy. It just wasn\u2019t right for them and probably in the long run, Image was where it needed to be. They all loved it. They also said to me: \u2018If a guy drew it, we might get in trouble. But because Amanda did it, it\u2019s actually, because it\u2019s so rude, it\u2019s also charming\u2019. You really feel for this person, Amanda drew it in a way you liked it. If a guy drew it, it would be a tough book to sell.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you think comics can get away with stories like that, because it\u2019s comics? Because we\u2019re a bit under the radar?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think so. But our secret weapon on\u00a0<em>The Pro\u00a0<\/em>was Amanda. Even Garth says, nobody else could draw it. Even though it was under the radar, we did get in trouble for it. DC Comics called, I had to go up to their president Paul Levitz, because they wanted to fire me and Amanda from everything and never use us again. And Karen (Berger \u2013 red.) from Vertigo and Dan Didio stuck up for us.<\/p>\n<p>I said: \u2018<em>Mad Magazine\u00a0<\/em>is picking on your hero\u2019s all the time!\u2019. And Paul said: \u2018But they\u2019re not showing them having sex!\u2019. I had to promise there wasn\u2019t going to be a part two. But the joke is, there is going to be a part two. Amanda and I are working on a sequel that takes place twenty something years later.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Is making\u00a0<\/em>The Pro<em>\u00a0easier now, because of\u00a0<\/em>The Boys<em>\u00a0being on television and everything becoming edgier and more brutal?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Pro\u00a0<\/em>was the testing ground for Garth doing\u00a0<em>The Boys.\u00a0<\/em>Because it\u2019s very much like\u00a0<em>The Boys\u00a0<\/em>if you read it. So when\u00a0<em>The Pro\u00a0<\/em>was good, he came out and did\u00a0<em>The Boys\u00a0<\/em>with Darick Robertson. And that was for DC Comics. But they didn\u2019t want it anymore, so Dynamite picked it up. The rest is history. It\u2019s a monster of a success. DC blew it on that one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31224\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31224 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-1024x341.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-600x200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-370x123.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-270x90.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-570x190.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-740x247.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths.jpg 1500w\" alt=\"The Boys seizoen 3 recensie - Modern Myths\" width=\"770\" height=\"256\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-600x200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-370x123.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-270x90.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-570x190.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-740x247.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths.jpg 1500w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Boys-seizoen-3-recensie-Modern-Myths-1024x341.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<em>The Boys<\/em>\u00a0op\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Amazon Prime Video promotielink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/amazon-prime-video-promotielink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prime Video<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It happens. Just like\u00a0<\/em>Harry Potter<em>. No one wanted J.K. Rowlings story at first too.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or\u00a0<em>Forrest Gump.\u00a0<\/em>Every studio passed on it, until it got made and was a huge movie. It does happen. The right story at the right publisher, sometimes it\u2019s everything.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>You\u2019ve done a lot of different characters, a lot of stories. Is there still something you haven\u2019t worked on you see as a dream project?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37135\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37135\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37135 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-198x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-370x562.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-270x410.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja.jpg 527w\" alt=\"The Invincible Red Sonja\" width=\"165\" height=\"250\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-370x562.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-270x410.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja.jpg 527w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Invincible-Red-Sonja-198x300.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"The Invincible Red Sonja (Bol.com)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/the-invincible-red-sonja-bol-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>The Invincible Red Sonja<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At one point, Dynamite asked me to adapt some of the Ian Fleming books. I read them like forty times when I was a kid. I turned it down, because I told them I either do all the books, or none. And they wanted to hire different guys, so I turned it down. I wanted to keep the continuity of the Fleming novels and not have somebody different write it in another style.<\/p>\n<p>For a couple of years, when I wanted to do Conan, I got to do Conan. I wanted to do Red Sonja, so I did Red Sonja. I think I worked on pretty much every character I ever wanted to. Only one series I haven\u2019t written is\u00a0<em>The Fantastic Four<\/em>. I do have a collection of the original comics: number one to hundred and twenty five, but I have never gotten to write it. I don\u2019t know if I ever will. So I think\u00a0<em>The Fantastic Four\u00a0<\/em>is it, but I do have a lot of characters I\u2019m creating I want to do. Until someone gives me the FF, I\u2019ll be working on my originals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Did you read the new\u00a0<\/em>Conan the Barbarian<em>\u00a0series at Titan Comics with the Rob De La Torre art?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I bought the first two issues and I like them. But the art is very distracting to me, because it looks so much like John Buscema. I do like it, but at the same time I want him to do his own work. I read the first two and in my pull box I have the other ones.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda and I have been talking about doing some Conan. So we might, in the future, have some Conan stuff coming.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A crossover with Red Sonja, or is that separate?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s separate, I would probably do a story with Belit, with the pirates. I\u2019m also working on\u00a0<em>Gunslinger Spawn<\/em>, which isn\u2019t out for another six months. It\u2019s this monthly book I\u2019m writing for Todd (McFarlane \u2013 red.) and Patrick Reynolds is the artist. I\u2019m sure the title they picked is\u00a0<em>Tales of the Gunslinger<\/em>, but I\u2019m writing the character when he first turned into the Gunslinger in the 1800\u2019s. I\u2019m writing the Gunslinger in the past, like Jonah Hex, while Todd writes him in the modern day. I\u2019ve been working on that, I\u2019m six issues in at the moment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Why is Western still so popular? You see it in the new\u00a0<\/em>Star Wars<em>\u00a0stories, like\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/the-mandalorian-seizoen-3-recensie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mandalorian<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37336\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37336\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37336 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-195x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-370x570.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-270x416.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses.jpg 519w\" alt=\"Jimmy Palmiotti interview \u2013 Jonah Hex\" width=\"162\" height=\"250\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-370x570.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-270x416.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses.jpg 519w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jonah-Hex-Counting-corpses-195x300.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Palmiotti interview:\u00a0<a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Jonah Hex: Counting Corpses (Amazon.nl)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/recommends\/jonah-hex-counting-corpses-amazon-nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Jonah Hex: Counting corpses<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">I think, for me, there is less grey lines. Our world now is grey: no good and bad, it\u2019s all over the place. Westerns show you who the bad guys are and who the good guys are. It\u2019s a genre which is relaxing to watch, because you know that. And it\u2019s always interesting to see the plight of somebody. Those themes are classic, like revenge. The genre is cool, just when you think it\u2019s over, you have someone like Tarantino coming over and do a Western. And you go: \u2018that\u2019s very good\u2019. The Coen brothers remade\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">True Grit\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">and you think it\u2019s almost better than the original.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I think people love the genre, they love that it is simple. It\u2019s about when people were hunters, discovering new worlds. The Western was very big in Europe when I was younger, there were new frontiers, new places. I don\u2019t think the genre is ever going away, it gets rediscovered every once in a while. Superheroes do have a bit of fatigue right now, Westerns have a fatigue. And then someone does something original with it and it\u2019s exciting again. I think we\u2019re at a low ebb right now. The last three or four superhero movies I\u2019m like, meh. I\u2019d rather see something like\u00a0<em>Interstellar\u00a0<\/em>instead of the new\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-recensie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ant-Man<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Every genre needs a time to be rediscovered.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>How are you approaching\u00a0<\/em>Gunslinger Spawn<em>\u00a0compared to your\u00a0<\/em>Jonah Hex<em>\u00a0series?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jonah Hex familiarized me with the time period. I did so much research. How people spoke, I read letters from people, I learned the history and went to a ranch to learn how to ride. So, with\u00a0<em>Gunslinger,\u00a0<\/em>I had to research\u00a0<em>Spawn<\/em>\u00a0history. What Todd has written about the Gunslinger; I read everything. I looked at it and decided to write it as if you\u2019ve never read\u00a0<em>Spawn\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>Gunslinger.\u00a0<\/em>The first issue is big, it\u2019s a double issue which I wrote for everybody who never read the series.<\/p>\n<p>I told Todd I needed to write it from the ground up. I need to build the foundation. If people read it for the first time, I can\u2019t have them come in when it\u2019s the middle of the story. I have to show him before he becomes the Gunslinger and why that is. There\u2019s this mystery when the series goes on. The difference is, I wrote\u00a0<em>Jonah Hex\u00a0<\/em>as done-in-one stories.\u00a0<em>Gunslinger Spawn\u00a0<\/em>is sequential. I\u2019m still tapping a story in one or two issues and then it moves on. The big picture is a different pace then Todd\u2019s books. He said to me: \u2018I trust you to do what you do. Go crazy\u2019. That\u2019s the best thing anyone can tell me. It\u2019s beautiful.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patric_reynolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0is on Twitter. He posts some of the pages. It\u2019s different, more realistic. Photorealistic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1729562292621062465&amp;lang=nl&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmyths.nl%2Fjimmy-palmiotti-interview%2F&amp;sessionId=5d0eeefd5e96d9609251919c054f37e632e8347c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1729562292621062465\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Did you change your writing style for him? You worked with pencillers all your life, do you know how to write for them?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I write different for every penciller. I see their strengths and weaknesses and I talk to them about what they like to do. With Patrick, he was up for the challenge. He stepped up. I told him which films I like, which art I like and what we\u2019re trying to do with the book. He understands my influences, I don\u2019t have to worry about him. He did five pages and I was like: \u2018yeah, that\u2019s our guy!\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I told Todd and the editor he\u2019s perfect. It doesn\u2019t look like Greg Capullo or the crazy stuff. It\u2019s grounded in reality. For me, to get you to believe that this guy got taken over and became this character, I have to ground it in reality first. It\u2019s a different tone. We\u2019ll see how it does. If I get fired, we\u2019ll know why.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I love Spawn, I love the timer which shows when his power runs out and he will be at the mercy of the devil.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>Gunslinger,\u00a0<\/em>he\u2019s a guy that gets handed something. He gets reluctantly involved in the world of Spawn. It takes over his body, but he doesn\u2019t know why. His life is about finding out what\u2019s happening to him. When he gets taken over by the Spawn, the powers make him see there\u2019s something wrong at the edges of the world. He never noticed that when he was a regular person. He goes to a circus and sees there\u2019s something really messed up there. It\u2019s like, if something is in your peripheral vision all the time and you turn and it isn\u2019t there. That\u2019s the world for him all the time. It becomes creepier and creepier as it starts exposing itself to him. That\u2019s what the series is about.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Thank you so much for the great talk.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All right buddy. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Jimmy\u2019s projects and buy his work on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paperfilms<\/a>,\u00a0<em>the joint website with his wife Amanda Conner. You can also find Jimmy on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpalmiotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter.com\/jpalmiotti<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c562afc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c562afc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3caedec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3caedec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/jimmy-palmiotti-interview\/\">https:\/\/www.modernmyths.nl\/jimmy-palmiotti-interview\/<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to read more interviews like the <em>Jimmy Palmiotti interview<\/em>? 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