ABSTRACT
A conversation with award-winning comic book and fine artist Steve ‘The Dude’ Rude about his career, art, and influences. Also discussed are Nexus, Jack Kirby, Alex Toth and Space Ghost, Doug Wildey and Jonny Quest, Star Trek, Russ Manning, Hal Foster, illustration and design, Superman, why superheroes continue to resonate with modern audiences, and the Nexus newspaper strips.
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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, the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, Loading: the Journal of the Canadian Gaming Studies Association, First Person Scholar, Horror Studies, Media Theory, Synaesthesia: Communication Across Cultures 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
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