It’s amazing how lettering can often make or break a comic. Just ask Paul Grist, whose fantastic series Mud Man is up for an Eisner in the Best Lettering Category. Check out his answers to our questions now! 

1. When were you first inspired to make comics and what book set you on the path to becoming a creator?

A very early age. I used to draw Avengers comics on the back of wallpaper rolls. That’s TV Avengers.

2. If you weren’t making comics right now, what other occupation would you most like to see yourself in?

International crime fighter and lingerie model.

3. If you could have dinner with any other comic creator living or dead, who would it be and why?

E C Segar. I’d make him eat spinach and see what he inflicted on an impressionable child.

4. If you could GIVE an Eisner award to another creator working today who would it be and why?

Bill Crabtree.  For making me look good in colour.

5. If you do win, where are you going to keep the award?

Somewhere safe where Bill Crabtree won’t be able to steal it. Can’t trust colourists.