This is the first Dan Dare collection I've edited for Titan Books, comprising work by Frank Hampson, Frank Bellamy and Don Harley.
Superb World War 1 strip first published in Battle and another collection edited by me for Titan
Rok Comics Creators: Ben Tinsley First Published: 14 March 2008
Ben Tinsley, publisher of Wham Bang Comics and president
of WBC Entertainment is a journalist with nearly 20 years of experience
Tinsley writes for, edits and publishes the comics in his small line.
His 13-year-old son Jake is the creator and writer of the 12-year-old
shaman superhero Night Owl, Wham Bang Comics' flagship character, and
the pair are in the process of creating a children's book based on the
character...
Questions compiled by David Hailwood
How did you discover Rok Comics?
Over the web.
How do you feel about Digital comics over Print based
comics?
I'm not a fan of the idea. Print based comics can be taken
anywhere, whereas a computer can not.
What's your greatest achievement in the comics field?
Finishing and publishing our first issue!
What projects (both Rok Comics and
non Rok Comics related) are you working on at the moment?
The Night Owl children's book, numerous ROK comics, and
a couple of comic books.
Wham Bang Comics gallery display of comic strip excerpts at
Art Encounter gallery in Las Vegas. (Several paintings already sold), and
we sold hard copies at Vegas conventions. Our comic strips are published
monthlhy at www.myspace.com/whambangcomics,
www.comicsherpa.com and
www.comicrelated.com
Copies of Two-Fisted Adventures #1, the Two-Fisted
Christmas variant, and LouLou and
Nightowl are on sale at www.comixpress.com.
Where/when did you get your first comics break?
I never got a "break." Diamond Distributing inexplicably
refused to publish our first title and the first cellphone distrubutor I
applied to did pretty much the same thing. Rudely and dismissively, I might
add. I had to make my own luck.
What comics are you reading at the moment (both web and
print based)?
Anything by Brubaker or Bendis.
Whose work do you most admire in the comics field and
why?
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. They did it first and best!
