This week, E-junkie.info sat down (well, talked back and forth via e-mail) with web cartoonist Krazy Krow, the writer of Spinnerette. Here's what we found out about him and his comics.
E-junkie: So first question, what made you decide to start your web-comic?
KraKro: It was a 14 hour road trip to Florida! I was in the back of the car wondering, ‘what if a superhero had a mutant power that was really hard to hide?’ The whole comic idea started from the six arms, and fat suit.
KraKro: It was a 14 hour road trip to Florida! I was in the back of the car wondering, ‘what if a superhero had a mutant power that was really hard to hide?’ The whole comic idea started from the six arms, and fat suit.
E-junkie:
Were you primarily influenced by other web comics, comic books, or newsprint
comic strips?
KraKro: I was a manga reader first, and hadn’t read many superhero comics. It was my wife who converted me by bringing a big stack of Teen Titan comics when I was in the hospital, getting my tonsils out.
E-junkie:
Did you create Spinerette with Walter, the artist for the first issue, or did
you come up with the concept and then get Walter to help you with the art?
KraKro: I wrote the script first, and then went to Altercomics studio to find an artist. I had worked with Altercomics on my previous webcomic, Marilith.
E-junkie:
For our readers who have not seen your comic before, what would you like them
to know about it?
KraKro: It’s a superhero comedy about Ohio’s Number Three Hero! She gets spider powers, including six arms, and decides to fight crime in the Midwest. Small towns need heroes to.
KraKro: I put Charliehorse on hold to do Spinnerette, I’d like to get back to it someday. Charliehorse is about a boy who sells his soul to the devil for a prom date. What he gets is Charlie, a succubus who tries to teach a geek the fine art of dating.
E-junkie:
I have to ask, is there a story behind your handle/pen name?
Krakro: It’s old….. I first used it in online gaming, way back in the Quake 2 days. Everyone had these super dark names, like ‘DeathScythe’ or ‘SWAT_RANGER.” I went with something intentionally silly, to keep myself from taking it too seriously.
E-junkie:
Finally, is there anything else you would like our readers to know?
KraKro: I’m a mild-mannered mechanical engineer by day. It surprises people to here, but I don’t think of engineering and comics as that different. An iron trunnion casting is just sculpture with a job to do!
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