Name: Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.
Base of Operations: Columbia, South Carolina
Age: The Big 3-0
Family: Married with 2 kids
Years in the Biz: 8
Joe Job: Kinko's [Hell]
Favorite Artists/Influences:
Japanese- Akira Toriyama, Masakazu Katsura, Kamui Fujiwara, Capcom Design Team
American- Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, Robert DeJesus, Kevin Maguire, Paul Way
Favorite Writers:
J.M.Dematteis, Keith Giffen, Joe Kelly, Rumiko Takahashi
Favorite Musicians:
Jimmy Buffett, They Might Be Giants, Prince, The Beatles, Wings, Tori Amos, p.m. Dawn,
Moxy Fruvous, B-52's, Dave Matthews Band, Bjork, Beck
Favorite Lead Singer for Van Halen:
Sammy Hagar
Favorite TV Show: Scrubs
Warsie or Trekkie: Warsie
Favorite Comics:
Pulp, Evangelion, Gold Digger, Flash, Superman, X-Force (now X-Statics)
Favorite Manga:
Dragon Quest: Emblem of Roto, Bastard!!, Dr. Slump, Urusei Yatsura
Favorite Convention: Nekocon
I don't understand the hype behind: Furi Kuri (yes, I?ve seen it)
I like:
Redheads, ?80?s music, Capcom games (Chun-Li!)
I don't like:
stupidity, the ?general public? mentality, bigotry towards ANYBODY
Dream Project:
Ninja High School. I would love to take a shot at that book and bring it back to it's glory days.
Quick Comic History:
I started drawing when I was a wee lad. The first picture I can recall drawing was a finger painting I did of R2-D2 and his 'wife' and 'child' when I was around five. In 1994, my first published story was in Antarctic Press' anthology Girls of Ninja High School #3. In mid-1996, my first creator-owned book, Druid Warrior Grace, was published from Brainstorm Comics. In 1999, Tales of Marga, my first multi-part series, saw print at Radio Comix and proved to be very popular with the readers of Furrlough. It currently sits at #9 on the top 10 Furrlough list. In 2001, Gold Digger: Pink Slip began running as the back-up in the monthly Gold Digger book from Antarctic Press. Pink Slip is scheduled to finish it's run in this year's Gold Digger Annual, due in September. After that, who knows?
Advice to aspiring artists:
Don't give up. This business is tough to get into, and tough to get constant work in. If you hang in there, you?ll get to where you want to be.
