Meet The Creators

Lemme take you through the line up.

For starters, there's me. Steve Sparke - Managing Editor. I like to eat bacon and read comics, but never at the same time. My life long goal was to be the millionaire that Time Life always told me I could be. That was until I picked up a Spider-man comic at the ripe old age of 6. Since then it's been nothing but a life of THWIP!
I'm responsible for all the bad feelings you get from reading this blog.







Next up is Lee Zachariah



Lee is a writer based in Melbourne (the city, not the production designer). He writes all sorts of things for all sort of places, but unlike Great Works, not everything he writes is in iambic pentameter. No, much of it is in dactylic triameter. What, did you think he was some sort of weirdo? He is best known for writing the regular AICN-Downunder column on Ain't It Cool News under the pseudonym Latauro, and least known for co-hosting the movie-themed The Bazura Project under the pseudonym "Lee Zachariah". He spends most of his time writing jokes about prosaic meters and then repeating them. You should have him at your party.

TSHOLL is the singular dimensional facet projection of a sometime artist who --from alternative angles-- is occasionally comic writer T.S. Holland, pretentious musician Hollandscottthomas, or nameless aspiring human character screen prop. Often, he is none of the above.

Go here to see what he spews in web form.

Coming in next is Tristan Nieto. He wears boots and makes films - in that order.


There have been too many times when Tristan has served me absinthe and sent me into a world made entirely from the edges of coins. Please don't make me talk about it anymore than I have to.

He's written a dainty little comic about a young man's psychotic visions, which goes by the title of Ars Moriendi.
Tristan upsets me a great deal.

Jake Strasser is not a well man. In fact, he's a zombie. I met him some time ago when he was alive. We talked about making comics together and he was keen as mustard. He was so young and full of life.


Unfortunately Jake got mixed up with the wrong crowd and he ended up dying in the arms of a diseased hooker.


Later on I learnt that he'd specified in his will that I dig up his rotting corpse and simply place a brush in his hands to keep working on our comics (ya gotta admire his dedication). Much to my surprise, this stinking bag of meat set to work immediately.
Believe it or not, the rigor-mortis actually  assists him drawing really clean lines.




And our next vile creature is Will Pleydon. My first meeting with him consisted of his confession that he often likes to play with his axe to relieve stress. I'd like to tell you that's what he calls his guitar, but I'm afraid not. No, this man enjoys the feeling of slamming a sharp steel object into things. But when he's not in his destructive mood, he likes to draw things. It's usually just pictures of his axe, but I try to avoid bringing this up with him.
You can also follow Will's art journal here. There are no pictures of his axe though. The government may pull down the site otherwise.

He's illustrating Epoch and hoping that issue 2 will features lots of axes.


And finally, there's Dave. He gets his very own page here.