Fed up with reading classics on your iPhone app? Well there’s a new comic in town, and I cought up with the creator for a little chat to see what all the fuss was about. He is Andrei Buters and his comic is Dead By Thirty. Make sure you go and get a copy! (Once you have read the interview, of course!)
Why did you start making comics, and can you tell us a bit about your creative background?
I started making comics just because my style of illustration didn’t suit what other folks in Perth were doing. I developed my drawing style with a lot of love for videogame and manga design rather than something graphic design or fine arts based. So the simpler, cleaner and faster drawing style matched making comics in late high school when I was reading stuff like Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ and Neon Genesis Evangelion manga.
The burning question: what is your comic about??
It’s hard to wrap up. Just like ‘Shaun of the Dead’ was a Romantic Zombie Comedy, my series ‘Dead By Thirty’ is a Horror Fantasy Drama Comedy Bildungsroman (who did English Lit here?) Basically the protagonist (who is most easily described as a reluctant magical goth) will die when he hits 30. He’s also ordered to protect a girl whoreally clashes with his sense of responsibility and duty. Throw zombies, an undead ex-boyfriend rock star and a psychic detective into the mix and you have a big fat mess. An older lady at my office said it was ‘Tolkienesque’.
