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Mar 24, 2018

ERNIE COLON INTERVIEW in SCARCE 77 (2011) Part 4: The Warren Years



ME: You illustrated several horror/suspense stories for Warren. Were there something liberating in drawing stories where everything falls apart at the end after years of "nice stories" or were you mostly still struggling too much with your style to appreciate it?

ERNIE: Jim Warren was an exceptional man, and an innovative publisher.
He gave all his freelancers carte blanche as to their creativity. So, yes, there was a sense of freedom after some of the constraints the Harvey characters dictated--both in style and substance.

-The rest of you carrier will show that you are not a man that will shy away from graphic violence, sex or horror in your stories. What are your limits and have they ever been tested during your carrier?


-Don't like the sound of that word--"limits". Clearly, I have them--as we all do. But I'd rather test them for myself. I don't care to have anyone tell me what I can't do.

-You also worked at almost the same time on Vampirella. Did you enjoy working on those king of kinky female super-heroic characters?

-I just took what came along. No preferences.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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