The Comics Should Be Good Interview Challenge

As you all may know, it is really hard for there to be such a thing as a "hard-hitting" comic interview.

This is because comic journalism is so marginalized that the badass comic journalists out there really cannot risk pissing off a popular comic creator or comic company, as they risk totally alienating their sources....which is not good.

In addition, let's be honest...the only thing that is gained out of a "hard-hitting" interview is the furtherance of the comic book culture itself. And I can totally see how that is not enough of a benefit for most writers. I mean, it really is a pain in the ass to actually have to put effort into defending your craft from some dude (and no, that is not sarcasm!).

So I just mentioned in response to the earlier thread that maybe more interviews should be done by dudes like us, people who have nothing to lose. If we piss off someone and they storm off, it really is not going to affect us.

With that being said, it's not like we would just act like jerks. We would just ask questions that other people wouldn't...like ask Meltzer about the consequences of Sue Dibney's rape that he promised. Stuff like that. Honest, this is not just an attempt to berate a creator.

So all you creators out there, here is our challenge....let us do a hard-hitting interview where we ask stuff that you wouldn't normally like to talk about. Like I mentioned before, I admit that there really is no benefit for you out of this challenge, so I do not really expect anyone to agree...but hell, it's worth a shot, right? I mean, it honestly is meant to be for the benefit of comic book culture overall...and that is a pretty worthy goal, no?