by David F. Walker | Aug 22, 2019 | BadAzz MoFo, Life & Times, News & Updates, Writing Comics
Writers…oh, how we love our words. The problem is that in comics it isn’t just about the words, it is also about the pictures. As a writer, sometimes I forget that the words aren’t as important as they seemed when I wrote them. When I got the gig writing PLANET OF THE...
by David F. Walker | Aug 15, 2019 | BadAzz MoFo, Discombobulated, Writing Comics
For the last few years I have been teaching ‘Writing for Comics’ at Portland State University (often co-teaching with my dear friend, Brian Michael Bendis). For the class mid-term the students are required to create their own web comic. After years of telling students...
by David F. Walker | Aug 13, 2019 | BadAzz MoFo, Life & Times, News & Updates, Solid Comix, Writing Comics
My first full-length comic book story was a 32-page, self-published story called FUNKYTOWN that appeared in the pages of my magazine, BadAzz Mofo. FUNKYTOWN was my homage to blaxploitation, mixed with comedy (at least my idea of comedy at the time), and a bit horror....
by David F. Walker | Aug 12, 2019 | BadAzz MoFo, Life & Times, News & Updates, Writing Comics
The best part of writing NIGHTHAWK – the part that was always fun and gratifying – was the character Tilda Johnson (a.k.a. Nightshade, a.k.a. Deadly Nightshade). For decades, Tilda has been a ridiculous character – a genius robotics expert that works with werewolves,...
by David F. Walker | Aug 7, 2019 | BadAzz MoFo, Life & Times, News & Updates, Writing Comics
As I mentioned in my previous post, NIGHTHAWK was my first regular series at Marvel, even though it came out second. I started developing NIGHTHAWK back in May of 2015, but the first issue would not come out until May 25, 2016 – more than a year later. In that time,...
