The Comics Reporter: Colleen Coover Interview

colleencoover:

You know what’s fun? Talking to a comics reporter like Tom Spurgeon, who actually knows who you are, what work you’ve done, and is familiar with all comics generally.

SPURGEON: With the superhero monolith in comics, it seems like everyone that doesn’t draw giant, muscle-bound figures gets lumped in together into their own group, where you may or may not have all that much in common. I know the Hernandez Brothers were an example for you because of how they employed their style, but I wondered about the style itself that you employ. I know that you’ve studied a wide range of cartoonists; is there anyone you see in your work that maybe nobody else does?

COOVER: I learned a lot from Milton Caniff.

SPURGEON: Well, okay. My goodness.