Well, the mid-century modern style of the architecture, clothing, etc. is something I'm into personally and wanted to include in the look of the book. In terms of the design -- Fonografiks had done these re-interpretations of various comics as '60s style paperbacks, and I really liked the look of those. Nate had worked with Fonografiks before, so when he suggested him, I was completely on board for that.
We knew we wanted a clean look to the covers, and I'd wanted to do put the credits and indicia on the back cover of a book for a while, but Fonografiks kind of took everything Nate and I said about all that and came up with the overall look of the covers.
In terms of the various articles and ads, with the articles, I'm generally suggesting something based on an existing sources -- the interview in issue one is from Playboy, the fact file in that issue is from an old feature that used to run in New Musical Express, the Nigel ad is a late '60s Volkswagen ad, etc. – but other things are just Fonografiks taking a vague idea and some copy and creating something from scratch. (The "Into Tomorrow" and "Trans-Island Skyway" ads are good examples of that.)
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Eric Stephenson
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc.
www.imagecomics.com
Eric, I know it has been said many times but think I speak for a number of individuals.
I appreciate that you take the time to post on the boards and also answer "fan mail".