Tony Fleecs joins The Corner Box to talk about his "meteoric" rise within the industry, his upcoming work on The Thing, the lack of institutional knowledge at the "Big 2", how to create evergreen characters, focusing on creator-owned work, how Stray Dogs changed the face of comics, and building a winning creative team. Also, the podcast becomes a dog show, Tony shares a Corner Box Exclusive, and there's a "surprise" ending!

Timestamp Segments

• [02:04] Tony’s career trajectory.
• [04:59] Where’s the knowledge?
• [11:16] Are superheroes getting smaller?
• [15:43] Tony’s Marvel work.
• [17:59] Switching artists in The Thing.
• [20:50] Creating evergreen characters.
• [26:23] Breaking the toys.
• [27:11] Tony’s creator-owned stuff.
• [29:00] Is this a dog show?
• [29:48] The craziest break into comics.
• [33:57] Stray Dogs’ success.
• [42:59] Making cool things count.
• [44:57] Corner Box Exclusives.
• [45:22] What is Tony drawing?
• [47:36] Building a winning team.
• [49:23] Go buy Tony’s trades.
• [50:25] Corner Box Bonus Content.

Notable Quotes

• “They should be so lucky, seeing me in my Ben Grimm costume.”
• “I want them punching each other at the dinner table.”
• “We are more of a dog show.”
• “More importantly, check out the stuff that I own myself.”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

Tony Fleecs is a Powerhouse Creator!
www.tonyfleecs.com

Books Mentioned

• Army of Darkness Forever, by Tony Fleecs & Justin Greenwood.
• Feral, by Tony Fleecs, Tone Rodriguez, & Trish Forstner.
• Local Man, by Tony Fleecs & Tim Seeley.
• Stray Dogs, by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, & Brad Simpson.
• The Thing, by Tony Fleecs & Nick Bradshaw.
• Uncanny Valley, by Tony Fleecs & Dave Wachter.

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• Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta.
• Age of Apocalypse.
• Avengers A.I., by Sam Humphries & André Lima Araújo.
• Batman: Hush, by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, & Scott Williams.
• Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, by Patrick Horvath & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.
• Beta Ray Bill, Wonder Woman: Death Earth, by Daniel Warren Johnson.
• Cool World, by Micheal Eury, Stephen DeStefano, Chuck Fiala, & Bill Wray.
• Doctor Strange: Fall Sunris