What's been happening since speaking at the last SP in Sydney?
Lots of stuff, generally pretty busy. My first "monograph" PULPHOPE is out in a couple of weeks and I'm working on some extended comics projects (Battling Boy for First:Second and La Bionica for Darguad...) as well as a number of illustration/editorial gigs, some design work...it's been half-full to full lately.

Have you been drawing more in recent times?
haha, no. Feel like I've been turning into Darth Vader-- a lot of negotiation lately, and business management BS which is necessary and requires a lot of time and attention. I think these days, it's all about waiting out the seasons-- as Rimbaud suggested, there are seasons for everything-- a season of drawing is on the horizon.

Coolest project that you have worked on to date?
Not to be cheeky, but I have a couple pretty exciting ones which I can't mention yet, and they're not comics. But "you'll be the first to know..." as they say. OUtisde of that, it's been cool doing more work for magazines-- illustration and comics editorial. The coolest project to date is and has always been my extended sci-fi project THB.

Any upcoming work that is planned?
Well--here's a scoop-- I'm doing a bunch of costume and hardware designs for Duran Duran (Virgin Comics/Records)-- a new comics project which Duran Duran has in the works. That looks to be interesting-- sci-fi stuff. Also-I hope to have a big announcement for my book THB within the month...

You still living in NYC?
Yep, on the edge of SoHo and the West Village. I'm an old-fashioned urban hippy artist in Greenwich Village, but without the bongos or the beret.

How is it?
Cool as always cos I know lots of good people, and there's always stimulating stuff to do. The skyline remains superlative. There is an alarming amount of recent urban development though, and it is bringing in a lot of new people who look like permanent tourists, which is a bummer. People with lots of money but not a lot of style or manners. I want to keep NYC 100% soulled out rather than 100% sold out.