Monday, June 16, 2008

A CAGES Podcast Interview

The guys over at RIPPLE have posted a 53 minute podcast interview with me about CAGES. You can take a listen here.

I started out a little nervous, but wound up chatting about comic books, Insomnia, working with the talented Melanie Cook, copyright freedoms, and everything else under the sun.

Thanks Gabriel and Ray for a very laid-back and friendly interview.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Interview

Moya Dawson follows up her review of CAGES with a new interview with Xander Bennett (er, me):

How did you find Melanie Cook who did an incredible job on the artwork?

BENNETT: Mel was a friend of mine prior to the project (and she still is, even after all the work I put her through!). I knew she'd studied art, so I very nervously pitched her the idea for CAGES, and she agreed to do it on the spot. Then she told me she'd never actually read a comic before. Luckily, that didn't stop her. I lent her some of my books to read, and the rest is history.

Read the rest of the interview over at Paperbackreader.com.