

I was just lucky enough to have a family that supported me in my somewhat offbeat interest while still instilling in me the work ethic and sense of personal responsibility necessary to make a vocation out of my passion. I pretty much knew I wanted to be an artist the moment my teachers broke out the finger paints in kindergarten. When did you decide to pursue art professionally? Was it something you always knew that you wanted to do, or was there an ah-ha! moment that you’d like to share with us? I’ve got a huge collection of comic books and action figures as well as a network of similarly nerdy friends and colleagues, and I get to support myself by playing make believe and drawing all day. Interestingly enough, however, I am now leading the exact life that I think my teenage self would have killed for. I would plead with my parents to allow me to watch one episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” each weeknight in return for completing my homework in a timely manner, and when I spent my junior year of high school studying abroad in Beijing, I attempted to read The Lord of the Rings in Chinese. More damningly, I was also a gigantic pop culture nerd from practically the moment I gained consciousness. I was a boisterous and creative child, but by the time middle school rolled around, I was more interested in visiting libraries and museums than daydreaming about teen idols or trips to the mall, habits which didn’t necessarily endear me to my classmates or elicit their understanding. Ha, I’d like to say I was a member of an elite mutant task force who fought for justice and equality! But alas and not uncommonly, my adolescent years were fairly miserable. I wonder, what were you like as a teenager? Shy, outgoing, already an artist? Maybe a shape-shifter of some kind? So much about your story was new to me, from the assorted werecreatures to the setting itself, that it was a pleasure to explore the thrilling new terrain by drawing my way through it!
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Telling Kieren’s tale has been the largest project of my career to date, and it was an adventure I embarked upon with suitcases full of enthusiasm and a true sense of exploration. Thank you so much for bringing my characters to life!Īnd my thanks right back at you, Cynthia! Now, with the final art in the finished book, I’m spinning over the moon. Then came the sketches, and I was spinning.
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1: The World’s Worst Superhero Team – the first trade paperback collection of the series that IGN calls “freaking glorious” – in stores same day and specially priced at just $9.99!įor more information on Quantum and Woody and the rest of the Valiant Universe, visit Valiant on Facebook, on Twitter and at, Ming! First, I must say how thrilled I was at the news that you were illustrating Tantalize: Kieren’s Story (Candlewick, 2011).

Plus: Quantum meets his first true super-villain!įind out why friends don’t let friends have sidekicks when Ming Doyle teams-up with Quantum and Woody #5! Start reading here when MUST READ VALIANT delivers an all-new arc, an all-new jumping-on point, and all-new problems for the world’s worst superhero team in comic shops everywhere on November 6th!Īnd look for Quantum and Woody Vol. Besides, every team of heroes needs a secret headquarters…and this one has a slightly used hot tub. So what do you do when the most annoying person in your life is also the only thing keeping you alive? You move in with him! And his goat. “I really want to get into more physical acting with them and exploring body language, and all of that goofiness… This is going to be really fun.”Įric and Woody Henderson have just had their lives turned upside down. “Quantum and Woody’s going to be my first chance to do a superhero action comedy buddy-cop type thing… It’s going to be really different, but I’m looking forward to the opportunity to play with these characters because they’re so funny,” Doyle told CBR.

Valiant is proud to announce that fan favorite artist and rising star Ming Doyle (Mara, Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite – Rocket Raccoon) is joining writer James Asmus and colorist Jordie Bellaire as the newest member of the world’s worst superhero team!Īs revealed by Comic Book Resources, Asmus, Doyle and Bellaire will make their joint debut in November’s Quantum and Woody #5 – launching the next installment of the MUST READ VALIANT initiative with an all-new new story arc and easily accessible entry point for the wildlyĪcclaimed superhero series about two estranged foster brothers struggling with their newfound superpowers…and no responsibilities whatsoever.
