Q. How and when did you realize that you wanted to become an artist?
A. In truth, I wanted to be a lumberjack, just like my Dad. Then, when I
was 16, he got me a job working in the woods and I discovered how hard
the old boy had been working all those years …
Sequential Tart: Thank you for your time. I just really wanted to ask you a few questions about adaptation. Your big break in comics was coming into an ongoing comic [Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, with issue #203, featuring the death of Invisible Kid]. What was the biggest consideration at that time as an artist, as far as continuing characters that had been created?
Mike Grell: At that point I was just looking for work, but it was, it was nerve-wracking to take over a book that was as popular as it was. The editor [Murray Boltinoff] said, “Congratulations! You’ve got the job, but I got good news and the bad news …