50 Years of Captain Canuck: Spotlight on Richard Comely
Ho Che Anderson interviews Richard Comely. Richard revealed the Captain Canuck origin story, why he chose the name, who was interested in publishing it and why he decided to self publish the comic, how Captain Canuck was the first self published full color comic, the political aspect of the character, the design of the costume, Scott Hamilton – son of the original Captain Canuck cosplayer showed up with the original Captain Canuck costume all fixed up and cleaned, they spoke about the first story, Captain Canuck today, the confidence to self publish in 1975, getting distribution, getting advertising, printing 200,000 of each issue, his inspiration for writing and art, the colouring of the book and why it had a large palette than most comics, lettering the book and Richards experience doing sign work, George Freeman, Claude St. Aubin and Tom Grummett getting involved with the book, Richards work in children books, greeting cards, comic strips, why he put in backup strips, why the series stopped. He revealed the new Captain Canuck comic coming out soon and the various relaunches over the years, saying he was licensing out the character and has just recently sold it. He spoke about being Inducted to the Doug Wright Awards Hall of Fame, his love of Doug Wright comic strips, the animated Captain Canuck videos on youtube, his work in the fashion industry, a book about the history of Captain Canuck that’s in the works, and Captain Canuck Reborn.
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