Creator Talk is one of Avatar Press’ newest online exclusives, featuring the real life experiences of a wide range of comic book professionals. Artist of the upcoming Garth Ennis series, Streets of Glory, indy creator, and frequent colaborator with Warren Ellis and John Russo, Mike Wolfer participates in the debut of this all new feature on avatarpress.com. In the first three segments, he’s plotted the many twists in his career as an artist, writer, creator, and publisher. Wolfer now goes into his work with Avatar Press, a relationship spanning most of the decade Avatar Press has been established. (See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.)
HOW AVATAR PRESS SAVED MY LIFE, Part 4: Reconstruction
By Mike Wolfer
It was a time of great unrest. Nineteen Ninety-Six. The comic book industry was littered with the corpses of idealistic indy publishers, struck down before their prime by the ravaging, black vacuum created by the rapid retreat of comic book speculators abandoning the market.
William Christensen knew that it was the perfect time to launch Avatar Press. And I believed him. Continue reading