Is it wrong that the thing that excited me most about this cameo-laden picture was the Ocean sign? Man, those were better days.
First up in our Solipsistic Pop-themed batch of One Question Interviews is Manchester-based cartoonist/ illustrator Adam Cadwell. Recently ending his popular autobio strip The Everyday, Cadwell goes back for one more bite of the self-chronicling cherry in the latest volume of the Britcomics anthology, with The Best Day of My Life So Far, a story about his trip to see a live Gamesmaster event as a (very lucky) child. Perennially unable to resist a video game-themed question, we dove in, head first.
Do you think that videogames have had an effect on your illustration or visual language?
"Yes, they probably did but not profoundly I don't think, or in any way I can specifically point out. I escaped into games so often as a child, before games had speech or a novel’s worth of translated text. Back then they had to communicate everything visually. If I wrote and drew more fantastical comics then those influences might come out more but I prefer writing more down to earth, relatable stories, so when I reference video games it's people talking about them rather than interweaving them into the world or style of the comic. For example, even in my vampire comic that I'm working on the main character, unable to detach himself from his human life, breaks into his old flat to retrieve his N64 memory card with completed Goldeneye save on it."
Goldeneye? That’s my jam, son. We’d like to offer a big thank you to Adam for taking the time to answer our question. For those of you who still haven’t gotten hold of the childhood-themed anthology, are thoroughly encouraged to head on over to the Solipsistic Pop website to order it immediately. A preview, and character designs from Cadwell’s upcoming vampire comic, Blood Blokes, can currently be found on his blog, amongst other awesome stuff. What are you waiting for?
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