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CBT - Free Comic Book Day is a pretty huge deal amongst the comic book community, how does it make you feel to know that hundreds of thousands of readers will be laying their eyes on your work for The Guild comic book cover?

Adam Rex – ​I guess when you put it that way, it’s a lot more readers than I get for most of my kid’s books.

​I used to illustrate Magic: The Gathering cards, and so I’d compare it to that, if only I hadn’t been constantly told by Magic tournament players who were perusing my collection of prints and paintings that “Oh, is that what that card looks like?  It’s in my deck, but I never really noticed the art before.”

​These sorts of people weren’t the typical Magic players by any means, but maybe one out of five players I’d meet at tournaments would get this look on their face when you talked to them–like they had to translate everything you were saying into binary and then back to English again before they could answer you.

​So anyway, I’m looking forward to talking with comic fans on Saturday.  It’ll be like a tiny Comic-Con.  And it is weirdly thrilling to think we’ll all be looking at the same comics on the same day–a massive shared event like Hands Across America or Take Your Daughter to Work Day.  But for comics.

CBT – You are obviously adept in various forms of media; oils, penciling, Photoshop, sculpting, writing etc.  You seem to be the epitome of artistic creativity, why haven’t you birthed a comic series for us yet?

Adam Rex – ​Thanks, but it’s so much freaking work!  Honestly, my agent’s been asking me the same thing for years, because he loves comics, too.  And I’ve slipped comics into a couple of my novels–my first, The True Meaning of Smekday,had about fifteen pages of comics in it.

​And picture books are really just comics for kids.  Especially the ones I make.  It’s just a slight difference in formatting when you think about it.

​But yeah, I’d like to do a series or graphic novel at some point.  I have a script half-finished for a GN on my laptop, but it’s a satirical super-hero adventure thing and those started to feel a little played out to me, so I abandoned it in favor of something else.

CBT – While we’re on the subject, what have you been reading yourself lately?

Adam Rex – ​Whenever Dan Clowes or Chris Ware put something out I grab it up right away.  I dip into Hellboy and the X-titles from time to time.  But in the last few years my wife and I got really into the Buffy and Angel television series, which we’d missed in their initial runs.  And my wife, whose official position about comics until recently was “I’m glad they exist, but I don’t care to partake,” demanded that we start collecting Buffy: Season Eight and Angel: After the Fall.  So now the current Buffyverse series are the only ones I actually have a subscription for at my local shop.  I’m especially digging the new Angel and Faith series, with Rebekah Isaacs.

CBT – Is this your first outing with Dark Horse Comics?

​Adam Rex – It is.  I’m hoping it won’t be the last, because I’ve gotten to be friends with one of their editors, so I’m just hoping I can find the time to do something else.  My novels and picture books keep me pretty busy.

CBT – Speaking of Dark Horse Comics, are you two good friends?  Would he or she recognize you at a party?

Adam Rex – ​Well, Scott Allie would.  He and I were faculty at this illustrator boot camp in Amherst last summer, and we keep in touch.  He has a son, and they were familiar with some of my kids’ books; and of course I was a fan of his work on the Buffy titles.

CBT – Which guildy is your favorite and whom do you think you most often portray in the real world?

​Adam Rex – I’m probably most like Codex, personality-wise.  Maybe part Codex, part Zaboo? Though Vork might be my favorite.  I think my wife likes Clara.

CBT – If you were given the writing privilege to add another guildy to the show which nerd stereotype would that character posses, and why?

Adam Rex – ​Hmm.  There’s a one-upmanship among certain geeks that would be fun to write.  The kind of guy who, sensing that someone nearby is about to quote a Simpsons line, will attempt to quote it faster and louder.  Because then he “wins.”  Once during Comic-Con in the nineties some friends and I took in a showing of Mystery Men, and watched another group of con attendees almost come to blows over whether Phoenix dies in X-men #137 or 138.

CBT – What’s next for Adam Rex? A teenager novella series based upon pagan mythical creatures?  Magic the Gathering art gallery openings?  Cereal eating contest participant sponsored by Fiber One?

Adam Rex – ​So you’re referring to my latest illustrated novel, Cold Cereal, and I thank you for the plug.  It’s the start of a trilogy about a breakfast cereal company who sucks the magic out of leprechauns and pookas and pixies and puts it in their cereals so that they may eventually raise a child army of sugar zombies and conquer the world.  So right now I’m illustrating the sequel,Unlucky Charms, and writing the as-yet untitled third book.  The series is full of Arthurian legend and secret societies and a surly de-powered leprechaun in a tracksuit named Mick.

​You can see a lot of art and read an excerpt here if you think you might be into this kind of thing:http://www.adamrex.blogspot.com/search/label/cold%20cereal

To shake hands with Adam Rex and have him sign your free issue of The Guild, drop by Heroes and Villains Comic Book Store this Saturday during the Free Comic Book Day celebration.  We hope to see you there!

For more information on when and where Adam Rex can shake your hand visit:http://www.facebook.com/HeroesandVillainsTucson

For more info on the making of The Guild comic book cover please visit:

http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/766/making-cover-fcbd-2012-guild-adam-rex

For more information on Adam Rex and other work he has partaken in visit: http://www.adamrex.com/

Ryan Rodriguez, FCBD 2012 – An Interview With Adam Rex

Comic book enthusiasts take over local comic book shops in this year’s worldwide event.

Phoenix – This Saturday May 5, 2012 is Free Comic Book Day. Free Comic Book Day is a one-day event that occurs on the first Saturday in May each year where participating comic book shops both nationally and worldwide (willingly) give out FREE comic books. The event started in 2002 and this Saturday will be the 11th straight year that it will be held.

The Phoenix metro area is excited to have several local comic book shops participating in this great and fun event. And because we are Phoenix Comicon and our annual event is right around the corner, there are 10 local shops that will be giving away 2012 Phoenix Comicon booklets and even better, will be holding a drawing for a pair of full-event memberships! The 10 shops, their special guests, great individual events and hours are:

Pop Culture Paradise
707 S. Forest Ave. Suite A, Tempe
Noon to 3pm
Special guests include:
Author Craig W. Chenery (Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects)
Graphic artist Anabel Martinez
Alfred Trujillo (Cover artist for Zenescope, Big Dog Ink; Creator of Project: Shadows)
Tribe Comics
Michael Kessler and Terence Brown II from Bleating Goat Comics
Cara Nicole (AZ Powergirl)
Cooper Bolton (Artist and Creator of independent comic books)

All About Books and Comics
5060 North Central Avenue, Phoenix
10am to 6pm
Events throughout the day include:
Thousands of Free Comics
Free Refreshments
Autograph signing by DC Batman Beyond Writer Adam Beechen and DC Writer/Artist Dustin Nguyen from 11:30am to 1:30pm and 2:30am to 4:30pm
Free Superhero Face Painting 1 pm to 4 pm
Free Balloon Twisting 1pm to 4 pm
Discounts with donations to Hospice of the Valley

Jesse James Comics
10620 North 43rd Ave, Phoenix
12:01am to Sunday night at midnight
Guests: Brian Pulido 1.30pm to 3.30pm and Raven Gregory 11am to 5pm
10 free comics

Samurai Comics
1051 East Camelback Road, Phoenix
10am to 8pm

Samurai Comics
1120 S. Country Club Drive #107, Mesa
10am to 8pm

Samurai Comics
10720 W. Indian School Rd. #61, Phoenix
10am to 7pm

Ash Avenue Comics
810 S. Ash Avenue, Tempe
10am to 8pm

Gotham City Comics
46 West Main Street, Mesa
10:30am to 11:00pm
Special day events include:
Free Giveaways
Local Talent
Music, Games, Coffee & more!

Hot Ace Comics
10839 East Apache Trail, Apache Junction
9am to 7pm

Fantasy Comics
2595 North 1st Avenue, Tucson
Open at 10am
1 free copy per person

Phoenix Comicon Director of Advertising, Jillian Squires sums up Free Comic Book Day best when she says, “I am super excited for this Saturday!” She continues with, “There are a lot of great (comic book) shops participating this year and it’s going to be a great day for all comic book enthusiasts across the Valley.”

So, come on out this Saturday and get yourself, as well as your family and friends a new comic book or two while having a fun time and supporting some great local businesses. See you there. For more information, check out the event’s website, http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992.

Agent Burgos, Free Comic Book Day Invades the Valley this Saturday