Tech Victory and Comics Journalism 1 of 2

March 6, 2008...4:57 am

Tech Victory and Comics Journalism 1 of 2

Just got my laptop back and while I’m integrating all the wonderful new bells and whistles to get this thing running the way I want it to, I figured I’d take a second to post.

Today is a two part comic book journalism day. First up is an interview I did with Mark Sable weeks ago on his new graphic novel, Hazed, which came out this week.

I met Mark during the week following Thanksgiving.

Getting Hazed with Mark Sable
Lowdown by David Press, posted March 05, 2008

We apologize for the un-originality in the headline pun as there will probably be numerous headlines of similar nature in regards to this book. Image Comics’ latest original graphic novel is written by Mark Sable (Grounded, Fearless) who collaborates with Tek Jansen artist Robbi Rodriguez to bring us a work in the vein of Mean Girls and Heathers. Broken Frontier sat down with Mark Sable, to discuss Hazed (which came out on February 27) along with his other career endeavors.

BROKEN FRONTIER: How did this project come about?

MARK SABLE: After the success of Grounded – a mini-series with Paul Azaceta about a teenager surviving in a high school for superheroes where everyone has powers but him – I had the chance to pitch another project at Image. I decided to take advantage of this window and do something controversial and out of the (comics) mainstream. I wasn’t sure I’d ever get a chance to do a dark comedy about sororities and eating disorders at a major publisher again, so I decided to swing for the fences rather than do something safe.