Welcome back kiddies! This time we welcome Tim Bradstreet, all around bad ass artist, into the dungeon. He tells us about his comics, and so much more. So enjoy!
Alright lets start out with a short answer section and get the usual stuff out of the way.
Name:
Tim Bradstreet
Age:
Forty*cough* two
Married/Single/Dating/Other:
Married to the wonderful and amazing Leigh Anne Gobble
Pets:
Dogs – Max (Golden Retriever), Tasha (Springer/Boxer mix), Marek (Lab/Rot mix)
Highest Education Level:
College Sophomore dropout – Illinois State University
High School Mascot:
The Purple Raiders of BHS – Native American Warrior
First Job:
Paper Boy
Favorite Vegetable and Fruit:
Zucchini (grilled), Orange.
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taying with short answers, let’s talk about what you do:
Comic(s) you created Before 1985: Only my own unpublished sequential pages.
1986 -1995: Hard Looks, The Retaliator, X, Aliens: Music Of the Spears, Unknown Soldier, I’ll get a coronary trying to think of everything 😉
1996 – Yesterday: Hellblazer, Punisher, Criminal Macabre, 28 Days Later, Bad Planet, Batman/Deathblow, Scalped, various Star Wars books, Alien Pig Farm 3000, GI Joe, Human Target, Flinch, Gangland, Hearthrobs, Grendel: Black, White, and Red, Punisher Noir, Luke Cage Noir, Punisher: Naked Kill, Punisher: Tyger, Punisher: The Cell, Get Castle, and tons more.
Alright all that stuff aside, let’s get to the meat of the interview:
What do you do when not making comics?
I do illustrations for books, work as a designer in various capacities in film and film related projects, collect film scores, play with my daughter, manage my web pages, do conventions all over the place, hang out with my wife, follow the Steelers, Penguins, or Pirates depending on which season we’re in, read fiction, stress out over bills, and see films as much as I can.
Favorite TV show, Movie and Book?
TV show: Sons Of Anarchy, Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Book: Dune.
You take a trip to California and get trapped in the closet of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office for 1 full week. What do you do to pass the time?
Catch up on sleep.
When you were little, let’s say 8 or 9, what was your favorite thing to do for fun?
Watch cartoons on Saturday morning with my brother Bob. I doubt there are any old pics of us zoning out to Thundarr The Barbarian.   😉
Favorite comic when you were 12, 22 and now?
Cripes . . . OK, 12: Legion Of Superheroes, 22: X-Men, Now, B.P.R.D. – all the stuff by Guy Davis and John Arcudi.
If you had to listen to one CD for a full week and nothing else, what would it be?
Toss up between the score for Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World, the score for Children Of Men, or The Beatles – Abbey Road. Maybe Sabotage by Black Sabbath.
Back to comic stuff for now. Knowing that Iceman is the greatest hero of all time, why do you think he is so underused?
I’m fully prepared to believe that if the United States was located at either of the two global poles, he’d usurp Superman as the most well known hero in pop culture.
Alright, you’re making a comic about a little boy who dresses up as a whale and runs around Paris punching cheese. What’s the title, and sell me on a quick pitch. Go!
Title: Oliver Spivey: Whale-boy Fromage Pugilist, Pitch: It’s Blood Meridian meets The Red Balloon. While we’re fantasizing, I’d write it and Geoff Darrow would draw it.
We all know how good you are at making comics, but what can you do with a Margarita and a tambourine?
I can drink the Margarita and frisbee the tambourine into the nearest trash bin.
Where is the real money at in comics?
It’s not with small publishers. I can attest.
When you’re making comics what’s going on around you? Music, what kind? Silence? TV on?
I listen to music and film scores during the day and watch, re-watch comfort films and various TV series in the after dark hours.
10 years from now. Where do you see yourself?
On set, behind the camera, or producing. Still drawing covers and illustrating books.  😉
Alright, we can finish up with a quick word association game. I will say a word, you give me a quick one sentence response.
Punisher? Brutal
Werewolves? Frank Frazetta
Horror Comics? Bill Gains, EC, Creepy, Eerie, Berni Wrightson.
Homer Simpson? Donuts
Subway Sandwiches? Tuna, provalone, onions, pickles, lettuce, bacon, avocado, Italian bread.
2? Duece
Decapitated Dan? Insane
Tim Bradstreet? Head Screw
Very cool! Thanks for your time Tim.
If you want to check out more stuff by Tim please go to http://timbradstreet.typepad.com/
Decapitated Dan
decapitateddan@comicattack.net
Good interview Dan. I’ve always thought about reading Hellblazer, but never pulled the trigger.
You should also mention the tons of role playing game work that Tim did to cut his teeth on, before he got into comics, you know! He was the main man at White Wolf for many years. He’s also a very nice guy, nothing like the often gruesome art he does. And he’s buddies with actor Thomas Jane (The Mist, Boogie Nights, Hung).
Don’t tell him I told you.
This dude sounds awesome! He’s an X-Men fan, a ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ fan, and a ‘Dune’ fan. Then I read from Ken that he had a huge hand in White Wolf; I played Rage growing up! Awesome interview DD!!
very, very good interview!! there’s some great stuff here!
Great Q & A session Dan! I love the format of this interview. Very very nice!