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This is entertaining. It's a hilarious informative interview with Johnny Ryan conducted by Anne Ishii for The Comics Journal about one of his current favorite comics (DMC or Detroit Metal City).

Here's a couple samples...

Anne Ishii: "I interviewed the creator of DMC, Kiminori Wakasugi, some scant months ago. Wakasugi’s responses ranged from mono- to bi- syllabic and taught nothing a glue-sniffer wouldn’t have figured out with pot of honey tucked away. For example, that DMC was visually inspired by KISS, that Wakasugi listens to all kinds of music, and that the recurrence of the word “rape” was problematic in Japan as it would have been in the U.S. if it sold in comparable quantities (e.g. more)."

Johnny Ryan: "I feel like I’m one of the regular members of the DMC audience, in that no matter what pathetic thing Krauser does it must have some super-malevolent purpose. So, that said, the reason he’s a virgin is because he’s far too evil to engage in sex with a human woman."

About DMC: Soichi Negishi is a shy and gentle young guitar player / singer who dreams of a career as a pop musician. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer and lead guitarist of a death metal band called “Detroit Metal City.” In stage costume he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a terrorist demon from hell, to have killed and raped his parents. Another song suggests that his fans should murder everyone, in a comic parody of the genre (if all his fans killed each other, he'd have no show). Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but so help him, he's a terrific performer and can't walk away from that. As DMC's star rises Negishi tries to satisfy both worlds, but can't.

Written and Drawn by Kiminori Wakasugi and published in the USA by Viz Media.