Interview |  Ed Siemenkowicz

During C2E2, Kara and Matt sat down with (stood up, wrangled, it’s all the same) with some great COMIXOLOGY SUBMIT creators to talk about their books, their process, and what they read themselves. Since these interviews were done on the fly and in the heat of the con, we also transcribed these interviews. Some parts of the interview have been abridged for maximum hilarity. Enjoy our interview with Chrome and Dust’s Ed Siemenkowicz!

Kara: Welcome back, here we are. C2E2, continuing our exploration of the wonderful world of comiXology – submit. Right now, Matt and I are with Ed Siemenkowicz, creator of Chrome and Dust, a crazy twisting post apocalyptic/present day tale.

Matt: Yes, we’re in our podcast studio obviously.

Kara: Shady back alley freight area emergency exit danger zone.

Matt: I wanted to keep the veil up but you destroyed it.

Ed Siemenkowicz: Fix it in post.

Matt: Welcome to the show.

Ed: It’s good to be here. I’m glad you allowed me to electrocute these hamsters. I’m sorry for any buzzing you may hear. [Editor’s Note: we recorded this right next to a forklift ok.]

Matt: We’ll get that all in post. Your book starts off in black and white. Something has happened in that era where “s” has gone down bad. The female character goes to a bar, then she harkens back to a time where things were better. Then the issue ends with them going back to the present day. What made you want to start that book out in a “Mad Max” era, then go back to pre-Mad Max?

Ed: I was faced with the problem of too much story, not enough time. I initially was going to do it chronologically because being a kid of the 80s, I really wanted to have fun in the 80s, and I wanted to take all that crap and destroy it.

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