APCC Exclusive: Billy Tan
During the Asia Pop Comic Con in Manila, I got to meet and
interview Billy Tan. A Malaysian American, he is one of the few Asian artists
that made it big in the comic book industry. He is known for his earlier works
in Top Cow Productions which includes Tomb Raider, Tales of the Witchblade, and
Spirit of the Tao.
He then worked for Marvel projects such as Uncanny X-Men,
New Avengers, Uncanny X-Force, especially X-23, etc. For DC, he is did Green
Lantern. He founded Tan Comics, a China-based comic book company on the Asian
superhero genre.
Here are some of the questions raised during the
conversation:
About DC Comic’s Rebirth, what were China’s thoughts about
the Chinese Superman?
They are interested but too serious about it.
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What project are you working on now?
I am working on a combined
sci-fi and kung fu genre for Tan Comics.
When Whilce Portacio worked on Uncanny X-men for Marvel, he
drawn a mark about his country like drawing Colossus wearing a jacket with a
Filipino flag, where you able to do something like this in your work?
No, but you just gave me an idea. I could have done it with Marvel
but not with Green Lantern because most of the characters are aliens.
Billy Tan loves to travel. If it is not raining, he would
have gone around. He is also a vegetarian. For more features about comic book
artists, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.
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