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New comic book has been a labour of love but she is still in control unless she’s unconscious or hands over control,” Arnold explained. “He Nevin Arnold was eight years needs to use Calavera’s body to old when he first got his hands on complete his mission of stopping the crisp, colourful goodness of these dark forces from destroying a comic book — it was a Batman civilization.” As a zombie, Calavera is slowly comic he had spotted on the rack deteriorating and must complete while at a convenience store. “I flipped through it, and I’ll never the mission before her time runs forget that moment and I thought out. to myself, ‘this is the absolute cool- “I just thought it would be cool if instead of a drooling zomest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,’” he Quoted in the Chronicle bie, what if someone was undead, and they were said. “From then on, “There’s no a zombie crime fighter I wanted to tell stories with pictures; I money in comics instead of just a drooling, wanted to do comic whatsoever — if brain-eating zombie,” he said. “It’s very dark, but books.” you don’t love it’s also got a lot of funny Since then, the graphic artist-by- doing it, there’s parts. Calavara is a very day, comic artist-by- really no point.” lovable character.” And the debut comic night has pursued itself has been a labour Nevin Arnold, his passion for the of love, taking Arnold a art of illustrated comic book creator good year to complete. stories, developing Arnold’s idols include from the Sesame Street and Muppets characters of comic book writer Frank Miller his childhood to his own compa- (Sin City, Dark Knight Returns) ny, Hangman Comics, which will and artist Todd McFarlane, creator release his latest project Calavera: of Spawn. His favourite character is Batman the Undead at the end of the but his preference between DC month. “There’s no money in comics what- and Marvel comics is not as cryssoever — if you don’t love doing it, tal clear. there’s really no point,” he admits. “A few years ago, I would have said Calavera: the Undead centres DC for sure just because of Batman around Calavera (Spanish for “the and Superman, but it’s really tough skull”), an 80s punk-rocker chick with Marvel with Spiderman and who falls to her death in 1989 and X-men and Wolverine — it’s imposre-awakens in the year 2012 as a sible to choose,” he said. Arnold’s last comic book was super-powered zombie who must fight the dark forces of evil as they released in 2005 and was called Honor of the Damned, featuring arise to destroy civilization. “A demon is borrowing her body, See Calavera Page 3 Niomi Pearson
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Marina Anderson (foreground) and Sarah Kedves participate in the Freshwater Fisheries Society’s Learn to Fish Program March 17 at Fuller Lake. Thirty-six children and their parents came out for the program, which was held at Fuller Lake for the first time. For more photos, please see page 14.
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