Simon Spurrier Interview

ABSTRACT

A conversation with British novelist and comic book writer Simon ‘Si’ Spurrier (John Constantine: Hellblazer, The Dreaming, The Spire, Cry Havoc, Angelic, Coda, 2000AD, Judge Dredd, X-Men Legacy, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra) covering his career to date as well as a range of other topics, including writing fiction, the comic book marketplace, DC’s Sandman Universe line, and comics as an art form.

KEYWORDS:

• Simon Spurrier
• comic books
• superheroes
• graphic novels
• visual narratives

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Jeffery Klaehn

Jeffery Klaehn holds a PhD in communication from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD in sociology from the University of Strathclyde. He has published interviews with the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Studies in Comics, ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies, the International Journal of Comic Art, Horror Studies, Media Theory, Synaesthesia: Communication Across Cultures, First Person Scholar, the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, Loading: the Journal of the Canadian Gaming Studies Association and New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. More information about his research can be found at: http://uva.academia.edu/JefferyKlaehn