it feels right. I honestly have looked at stuff I’ve done an hour later and thought ‘Where did that come from??”.
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GS: What kind of projects do you have lined up for the future? IL: Right now I’m still doing MOTHWICKE with Fraser Campbell, whose probably my longest standing collaborator. That’s an easy no-brainer thing so I don’t really look at it as a ‘project’ as such because its so effortless. I’ve got a few things upcoming in 2013-a new project with Craig which is a very ambitious thing we’re doing. A lot of work and a real experiment. Its hard to describe and I think I’ll leave that to Craig when he’s ready. I’ve also got a thing I’m planning to do with Fraser which is maybe something we were born to do a bit. Its like nothing we’ve ever done before. I don’t want to say anymore but If we can pull this together it would be unbelievably cool. On top of that I have a top secret thing with John Lees we’re working on and If I say anymore Gordon Robertson will be at my door singing Morrisey songs and wielding a hammer. As well as that a few bits and bobs. Ive written a script for Garry McLaughlin and I’m genuinely excited to see what Garry does with that. GS: To any aspiring creator out there, what would you say is the best piece of advice?
IL: Well it depends. If you’re a mainstream comics guy then I don’t have much advice. But if you want to do weirder, more personal stuff then my advice would be worry more about the ideas than the quality of the art. If the ideas are strong and interesting then you could draw stick figures for all it matters. GS: Where you would like to be in ten years time? IL: I don’t really have any ambitions, other than just do stuff for the enjoyment of it. I’d love to write more. If there’s any artists who fancy
working with me as a writer then get in touch. While drawing is back-breaking, writing is a real pleasure. So I’ll say in 10 years time I hope to still be doing something creative. If you want to check out some of Mr Laurie’s work, check out Roachwell, Mothwicke and All The Dead Superheroes. If you want to see what Horror Mountain is about click here Also you can follow him on Twitter
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