I met Terry Parr at UnCommonCon in November of 2000. My first impressions of Terry
were that he was a very quiet guy and he could really draw women well. Hes done great
art for Halloween Man. You should go check it out at
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It was very fun interviewing Terry, and at the end he makes an announcement about a
new format for our favorite undead superhero. Nope, Im not going to tell you now youre just going to
have to read and find out for yourself.
Sidra:
When did you first become interested in comicbooks?
Terry Parr:
The first comic I got into when I was a
kid was Swamp Thing and that was due to watching the
Wes Craven movie.
Sidra:
Did you study art in school?
Terry Parr:
I studied art in High School and some in
College. I havent gone to an art school . . . yet.
Sidra:
Who inspired you to draw comicbooks?
Terry Parr:
The first person who really inspired me to
draw comic-books was Jim Lee. I saw how he illustrated
the X-Men and he made it look so easy and fun. So I
cheaply imitated him at first and then my art evolved
from there.
Sidra:
Is there any specific technique youd like to use?
Terry Parr:
Yes,I would like to give painting and
airbrush a try. I think painting is the next best step
to becoming a better artist.
Sidra:
Are their any other art medium you like to use
and what medium is your favorite?
Terry Parr:
Painting pinup art, rock poster art, and
etching. My favorite medium besides comic art? Old
school pinup art. I just love how elegant the women
look in those old paintings. And I like the weirdness
surrounding rock poster art. Most of the art really
has nothing to do with the bands but they are fun to
look at!
Sidra:
If you could work with anyone in the comicbook
industry, who would it be and why?
Terry Parr:
Hmmm. I would say definitely Dave Stevens.
I would love to draw some Rocketeer stories for him! I
hope Dave Stevens reads this dammit.
Sidra:
Do you come up for the visual idea of Halloween
Man on your own?
Terry Parr:
Well it's a collaboration between Drew
Edwards and myself. Sometimes he will come up with
ideas on how certain things should look, and I have my
own ideas that I will pitch to him.
Sidra:
What is the most difficult part of drawing
Halloween Man for you?
Terry Parr:
The most difficult part in drawing
Halloween Man for me is the time constraints of
working a day job and inking. But we have recently
found an inker so that should help us out a great deal
in the future.
Sidra:
Do you find that you get any less respect
because your work isn't in a hard print medium?
Terry Parr:
Somewhat. Sometimes when I tell people
that I draw a online comic-book, and they give me a
puzzled look. Then I have to explain that is a
comic-book but its only online. Its a new experience
to most people, I guess.
Sidra:
Do you think your job is any more or less
difficult because you draw for an online comicbook?
Terry Parr:
Right now I would say less difficult. We
dont have to worry about printing costs and dealing
with shipping.
Sidra:
When can we look forward to our next issue of
Halloween Man and what can we expect in the future?
Terry Parr:
Soon! The next issue is a Lucy solo story
(Halloween Man's girlfriend). It has plenty of good
girl art. And I predict that the future of Halloween
Man will have him dealing with terrifying tales of
action and suspense! And in a printed format!
Sidra:
Oh, we can look forward to seeing Halloween Man
in a printed medium? When did this decision occur or
has this been the plan all along?
Terry Parr:
Yes, You can look forward to Halloween Man
being in a printed format sometime this year. I think
that was next logical step for us.
Sidra:
When it comes out in printed format are you
going to be doing a trade of the current stories or are you
planning on having whole new stories in the printed
format?
Terry Parr:
It will be the new stories of Halloween
Man. We may reprint the old stuff sometime in the
future.
Sidra:
Is this going to become a permanent format for
Halloween Man? Or is this just a special one time
thing?
Terry Parr:
Hopefully this will be permanent
transition. We are going to give it a try and see how
things work out. But either way there will be always
be an online stories done by other artists.
