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JMH: Where were you born and raised?
PM: Well I was Born in Scotland, but as my dad was in the army we moved initially to southern England for about 5 years then to northern Germany (where I have many happy memories) for about 3 years and back to Scotland, so a fairly varied upbringing.
JMH: Tell CBI about yourself?
PM: Aw man this is like a Job interview question...I hate those...OK, I live in Scotland I suppose I have left it quite late in life to be trying to break into comics, I tried to get in to comics in the nineties but eventually I had to earn a living instead, so as I said I went to University, I graduated with a degree from Caledonia University and I have been working in I.T. since the Year 2000, until recently I was an avid gamer but comics take up most of my free time now.
JMH: Do you have any formal art training?
PM: I have a degree in Graphics in multimedia, which sounds more impressive than it was, was really using it to get a Job in IT.
JMH: Do you read any of the new comic books that are being published today?
PM: I buy very few comics but I do buy trades and hardbacks, currently my favorite is Scalped, recent good ones are the Wintermen, the Destroyer, and the Criminal series, all of which I loved, I’ve read the Walking Dead and DMZ and enjoyed, I was really tempted to buy the recent Marvel U vs. the Punisher series but I’m waiting to buy it collected.
JMH: How long have you been drawing comics?
PM: I've been trying to draw comics since was a kid, but if you mean drawing for publication I then since the early to mid 90s working for UK small press comics and a few trial scripts but I gave up after that and went to university.
JMH: Have you drawn other characters or only your own properties?
PM: I've collaborated with a few writers to create new characters and I love doing that, but if you look at my Deviant Art page You'll see plenty of characters created by others, In terms of comics its mostly characters I've created, I guess that’s the nature of Comics outside the big companies.
JMH: What sources do you use for a cover image?
PM: Haven't drawn too many covers but if you mean inspiration, I'll look an the web to get images that give me a feel for what the material I'm working on, in recent the cover for the Leaf I looked at a lot of WWII images and of course vampires, I also had a look at a few comic covers to get an idea of how to solve any problems I've got myself into...and a good editor helps...
JMH: How do you focus when drawing?
PM: I'm quite bad at focusing, its my worst fault, I hate the fact that you have to get back into the zone after the night before its like starting from scratch again, I am so easily distracted but when I do get going I get very immersed, that’s when hours disappear, I guess It is just a matter of sitting Myself down and getting the rustiness out of my system, anyway like I said its not my strong point.
JMH: What other mediums or genres have you drawn for?
PM: Apart from work at university I’ve only really wanted to draw comics...well I would love to design for Games or Movies I but there’s not much of either industry in this country (Scotland).
JMH: What types of technology do you use to draw?
PM: Until my 15'' Wacom tablet monitor died (God I loved it) that was my tool of choice, at the moment I’m using a 14" Tablet Laptop and a conventional Wacom tablet on my main PC.
JMH: If you could draw another company’s character which one would it be and why?
PM: Apart from the usual Marvel and DC characters (Who doesn’t want to do Wolvie and Bats), there was a short run series from Marvel UK called Warheads, a kind of Stargate type team that used worm holes to go to other words and steal technology for a big Corrupt corporation, I thought there was plenty of potential there, I'd love to do that.
JMH: For anyone who wants to be an artist, what can you tell them about the craft?
PM: Well the best thing I ever did was joining a good comic artist forum like the Outcast Studios. http://www.outcaststudios.com/forums/
There are others like Penciljack etc. where I got plenty of inspiration and encouragement.
JMH: Who are your artistic influences?
PM: Well my first contact with art was through comics, at the age when I realized different guys drew them, I was reading the UK Hulk comic, an anthology which had artists like Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, John Bolton and David Lloyd and some classic reprints from Steranko, Buscema and Gil Kane (Kirby too but I didn’t appreciate his work at the time) and 2000AD brought Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Alan Davis and Cam Kennedy, so they were my influences. There were also a lot of British (European and South American) artists that were unaccredited in British comics at the time, who ill never know the names of, shame really. At school I was introduced to fine artists I liked the impressionists especially the figure artists like Dega and Monet, later I loved the expressionists like Klimt and especially Schiele, I love Sculpture and August Rodin is probably my favorite artist (I would love to sculpt but I’ve never tried it). There are probably too many current comic artists to list them all but I love the work of John Paul Leon & Tommy Lee Edwards, Goran Panlov, Milo Manara, Otomo, Shirow, Olivier Coipel, Jason Pearson, stalwarts Toth, Sienkevich, Adams, Moebius, Steve Rude, and loads more that ill regret not mentioning.
JMH: How did you break into drawing comic books?
PM: I don’t really think I have broken in yet, while I’ve loved every thing I’ve worked on and the enthusiasm of all the people I’ve worked with but I wont feel I’ve broken in to comics until I can leave my day job even for a short time (I think I could die happy then).
JMH: Does you job in the I.T field have any influence on your art?
PM: Only in that working 9-5, Monday to Friday gives me enough free time to draw comics.
JMH: Do you have any creator owned properties of your own? Can you tell us about the characters?
PM: I did create a character I called DevilsPawn for an exercise on the Outcasts forum. http://aoste.deviantart.com/gallery/10686677#/d2eezhz
I don’t know if anything will happen with him, I suppose the Superfly character (a Shaft influenced character) is creator own but it’s unpublished. http://aoste.deviantart.com/gallery/24153828#/d20paaa
JMH: What future projects do you have in the pipeline?
PM: There are a few things happening for me through Red leaf Comics and with Mark Davis and Surprising Comics, oh and a web comic I've been promising to writer Michael Roberts for a long time (he's been very patient).
JMH: What are plans for the future?
PM: I would just love to be able to draw comics full time and give up the day job, obviously id like work on my favorite childhood comic characters as I’m sure everyone wants, but I’m just as keen to team up with writers and work some interesting projects, which I have been able to do on everything I’ve worked on up to date.
JMH: Paul, Comic Book Interviews.com appreciates your time.
PM: Thank you very much.
Discovery Paul Moore's comics here:
www.drivethrucomics.com/product/121704/IMPERIALS-1c
PM: Well I was Born in Scotland, but as my dad was in the army we moved initially to southern England for about 5 years then to northern Germany (where I have many happy memories) for about 3 years and back to Scotland, so a fairly varied upbringing.
JMH: Tell CBI about yourself?
PM: Aw man this is like a Job interview question...I hate those...OK, I live in Scotland I suppose I have left it quite late in life to be trying to break into comics, I tried to get in to comics in the nineties but eventually I had to earn a living instead, so as I said I went to University, I graduated with a degree from Caledonia University and I have been working in I.T. since the Year 2000, until recently I was an avid gamer but comics take up most of my free time now.
JMH: Do you have any formal art training?
PM: I have a degree in Graphics in multimedia, which sounds more impressive than it was, was really using it to get a Job in IT.
JMH: Do you read any of the new comic books that are being published today?
PM: I buy very few comics but I do buy trades and hardbacks, currently my favorite is Scalped, recent good ones are the Wintermen, the Destroyer, and the Criminal series, all of which I loved, I’ve read the Walking Dead and DMZ and enjoyed, I was really tempted to buy the recent Marvel U vs. the Punisher series but I’m waiting to buy it collected.
JMH: How long have you been drawing comics?
PM: I've been trying to draw comics since was a kid, but if you mean drawing for publication I then since the early to mid 90s working for UK small press comics and a few trial scripts but I gave up after that and went to university.
JMH: Have you drawn other characters or only your own properties?
PM: I've collaborated with a few writers to create new characters and I love doing that, but if you look at my Deviant Art page You'll see plenty of characters created by others, In terms of comics its mostly characters I've created, I guess that’s the nature of Comics outside the big companies.
JMH: What sources do you use for a cover image?
PM: Haven't drawn too many covers but if you mean inspiration, I'll look an the web to get images that give me a feel for what the material I'm working on, in recent the cover for the Leaf I looked at a lot of WWII images and of course vampires, I also had a look at a few comic covers to get an idea of how to solve any problems I've got myself into...and a good editor helps...
JMH: How do you focus when drawing?
PM: I'm quite bad at focusing, its my worst fault, I hate the fact that you have to get back into the zone after the night before its like starting from scratch again, I am so easily distracted but when I do get going I get very immersed, that’s when hours disappear, I guess It is just a matter of sitting Myself down and getting the rustiness out of my system, anyway like I said its not my strong point.
JMH: What other mediums or genres have you drawn for?
PM: Apart from work at university I’ve only really wanted to draw comics...well I would love to design for Games or Movies I but there’s not much of either industry in this country (Scotland).
JMH: What types of technology do you use to draw?
PM: Until my 15'' Wacom tablet monitor died (God I loved it) that was my tool of choice, at the moment I’m using a 14" Tablet Laptop and a conventional Wacom tablet on my main PC.
JMH: If you could draw another company’s character which one would it be and why?
PM: Apart from the usual Marvel and DC characters (Who doesn’t want to do Wolvie and Bats), there was a short run series from Marvel UK called Warheads, a kind of Stargate type team that used worm holes to go to other words and steal technology for a big Corrupt corporation, I thought there was plenty of potential there, I'd love to do that.
JMH: For anyone who wants to be an artist, what can you tell them about the craft?
PM: Well the best thing I ever did was joining a good comic artist forum like the Outcast Studios. http://www.outcaststudios.com/forums/
There are others like Penciljack etc. where I got plenty of inspiration and encouragement.
JMH: Who are your artistic influences?
PM: Well my first contact with art was through comics, at the age when I realized different guys drew them, I was reading the UK Hulk comic, an anthology which had artists like Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, John Bolton and David Lloyd and some classic reprints from Steranko, Buscema and Gil Kane (Kirby too but I didn’t appreciate his work at the time) and 2000AD brought Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland, Alan Davis and Cam Kennedy, so they were my influences. There were also a lot of British (European and South American) artists that were unaccredited in British comics at the time, who ill never know the names of, shame really. At school I was introduced to fine artists I liked the impressionists especially the figure artists like Dega and Monet, later I loved the expressionists like Klimt and especially Schiele, I love Sculpture and August Rodin is probably my favorite artist (I would love to sculpt but I’ve never tried it). There are probably too many current comic artists to list them all but I love the work of John Paul Leon & Tommy Lee Edwards, Goran Panlov, Milo Manara, Otomo, Shirow, Olivier Coipel, Jason Pearson, stalwarts Toth, Sienkevich, Adams, Moebius, Steve Rude, and loads more that ill regret not mentioning.
JMH: How did you break into drawing comic books?
PM: I don’t really think I have broken in yet, while I’ve loved every thing I’ve worked on and the enthusiasm of all the people I’ve worked with but I wont feel I’ve broken in to comics until I can leave my day job even for a short time (I think I could die happy then).
JMH: Does you job in the I.T field have any influence on your art?
PM: Only in that working 9-5, Monday to Friday gives me enough free time to draw comics.
JMH: Do you have any creator owned properties of your own? Can you tell us about the characters?
PM: I did create a character I called DevilsPawn for an exercise on the Outcasts forum. http://aoste.deviantart.com/gallery/10686677#/d2eezhz
I don’t know if anything will happen with him, I suppose the Superfly character (a Shaft influenced character) is creator own but it’s unpublished. http://aoste.deviantart.com/gallery/24153828#/d20paaa
JMH: What future projects do you have in the pipeline?
PM: There are a few things happening for me through Red leaf Comics and with Mark Davis and Surprising Comics, oh and a web comic I've been promising to writer Michael Roberts for a long time (he's been very patient).
JMH: What are plans for the future?
PM: I would just love to be able to draw comics full time and give up the day job, obviously id like work on my favorite childhood comic characters as I’m sure everyone wants, but I’m just as keen to team up with writers and work some interesting projects, which I have been able to do on everything I’ve worked on up to date.
JMH: Paul, Comic Book Interviews.com appreciates your time.
PM: Thank you very much.
Discovery Paul Moore's comics here:
www.drivethrucomics.com/product/121704/IMPERIALS-1c
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