Peter Rogers
With a warm thank you to out good friend Cy Dethan, writer and comic company founder, steps up and faces down the Questionnaire!
The Questionnaire
So who are you then, and what do you do?
I'm Peter Rogers, I write comics and I am the founder of Orang Utan Comics.
What have you done that I might recognise?
You might have picked up a copy of our anthology Eleventh Hour #1 & #2. And you will soon be able to pick up The Intergalactic Adventures of Slam Ridley, an ongoing title I am working on.
What have you done that I don't know about?
I won the Pitchfest at the Bristol Comic Expo in 2004, and was runner up in the AK Comics Talent Search in 06. I am also a multi award winning radio advertising creative.
Tell me something you have not told anyone else.
I am doing this questionnaire.
Chocolate or Chips?
Chips, my local chippie makes the best ones I have ever had.
What word do you think is underused?
Ergo.
What book do you wish you had worked on?
Preacher - that book inspires me and makes me feel worthless in equal measure.
What book do you think would have been better if you had worked on it?
Hiding in Time. This Shadowline book had the best high concept I had heard in years (witnesses relocated into the past) , but the finished book did not quite live up to it.
Are you underpaid or overrated?
Definitely underpaid.
JLA or Avengers?
Avengers.
Thanos or Darkseid?
Neither.
Judge Dredd or Hellboy?
That's tough…..ummm Hellboy…no… Dredd….no helldredd….Yes their mutated offspring Helldredd that would be awesome. (Judge Dredd and Hellboy have children??!! Now theres one comic book story Hollywood would leave well alone!!!! - Cap O)
Are your choices influenced by your current employer?
Well most of my comics work has been for my own stuff so not as such. Then again I am my own fiercest critic so I am probably harder on myself than anyone else would be.
If you could be involved in telling a story featuring any two characters, who would they be?
This is easy as it has been my dream project since forever. Wolverine v Predator set in Japan.
If you were a sandwich, what would your filling be?
Pastrami, French mustard and coleslaw. Complex, interesting, tasty and hard to find but not to everyone's taste.
Can you get me a job?
Maybe, depends on what you want to be. Orang Utan Comics has yet to appoint a cleaner.
Save the world or rule the galaxy?
I feel like a Miss World contestant, so I'll say save the World, but inside I know my real answer!
One thing that annoys you about comic fans? (Only one please!!)
People who never look outside of superhero titles. I love superheroes as much as the next guy, but reading a wider range of books made me appreciate the medium even more. If you have read some non big two books and not enjoyed them fine they aren't for you. But if you have never tried anything else and say that you only like the one narrow genre then you are doing yourself and comics in general a disservice.
CGC - blessing or curse?
A curse. I have elements of the collector mentality but at the end of the day I write to be read.
Who sent this to you and do you like them or merely tolerate them?
Cy Dethan the Starship Troopers writer. I do like him, he's a good guy and if like I'd tell you if I didn't!
Who are you going to send this on to and do you think they will reply?
Ian Sharman , Markosia colourist and fellow Orang Utan Comics founder. He loves memes so will lap this up.
Any words of wisdom before you go?
Paul Cornell would be better at answering this….Wisdom…Pete Wisdom…geddit….oh never mind.
Thank you and goodnight!
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