photo 1Hello and welcome back to the Ideology of Madness Artist Showcase where, in a week long series, we show off some of our favorite artists’ work and get to know them a bit.  This week in the gallery: Mike Henderson!

Mike Henderson is the artist on this week’s awesome new Image comic, Nailbiter, and has done work for Image, Monkeybrain, IDW, and more!

IoM: What’s your training? University, art school, self-taught?

Mike Henderson: After some basic courses at RISD, I attended the Joe Kubert School for two years. Post Kubert, though, it’s all trial by fire.

IoM: Do you feel that your schooling gave you a solid foundation on which to build your career? I guess what I’m getting at is was your college experience worthwhile in terms of your work?

MH: It gave me the tools of the trade and a strong artistic foundation, certainly. In any other field I would have said it did prepare me for the business side of my career, but comics is a very difficult field to prepare for. It evolves and changes very quickly (a good thing, I think).

IoM: When someone is seeking commission work from you, how best can a client engage you to get you jazzed?

MH: The last few years have been busy to the point where I only take commissions at shows nowadays, but if someone comes calling for anything old school Kirby, I’m jazzed.

IoM: If you’re drawing just for you, what’s the subject?

MH: I never plan out that kind of stuff, and it really becomes a wide spectrum. There are sheets of gibberish, observations, monsters etc everywhere.

Check back tomorrow for more conversation and artwork with Mike Henderson!

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