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The sandbox original author4/10/2023 TCC: Can you tell us your greatest fan moment, interacting with a personal hero of yours where you may have gone a little weak at the knees?ĭoug: Again, that’s a long list. Other writers that played a big part are Alan Dean Foster, Anne McCaffery, Tom Clancy, and Robert Heinlein. That guy had me obsessed with the X-Men for at least two decades. Hands down, Chris Claremont was the driving force in me wanting to be a comic book writer. That list is longer than you have space for, so I’ll go with the ones that most influenced me. TCC: Which writers inspire you? And they don’t have to be in the medium you work in, either…ĭoug: Oh, man. Remember that part about me being a very odd child? Did I mention stubbornness was a part of that. I sent that story to Dark Horse over and over until I received a letter telling me to stop sending the same story to them over and over and over. I’m not going to say it was good, but it was the first time I loved something I’d written. TCC: What was the first work you completed, where you stepped back and thought, “Yes, y’know what, I can do this for a living!”?ĭoug: I’d written many stories beforehand, but the one story I remember to this day that made me sit back and think I might be able to pull this dream off was an Aliens vs Predator short story I wrote. Yes, I’m hoping I can help them escape the real world and come play in mine for even just a few minutes. I want to try my best to have everyone else get the chance to experience those worlds as well. I mean, I get to play in these imaginary worlds all day long that inspire me, make me laugh, and bring tears to my eyes. Paul was instrumental in all of that because the poor guy would sit and listen to me talk incessantly about the story I was working on at the time. I’ve never wanted to do much else ever since. After several months of doing this, it finally dawned on me I was writing comics and was obsessed with it. ![]() He was already well on his way to becoming a legendary comic book artist, and apparently, he saw something in me and we started making up our own comics. Cully and I became friends after learning we both loved comics. I got into writing all because of two high school friends – Cully Hamner and Paul Touchton. It’s kinda tough for other people to relate to a kid that isn’t living in their reality… literally. I didn’t fit in pretty much anywhere, mostly because I was always deep inside some imaginary world I had created. I didn’t realize I wanted to write until I was 17, but in hindsight, I realize I was always a writer. THE CONVENTION COLLECTIVE: Thank you for joining us in the Spotlight, Doug! How did you get into writing and why did you want to become a writer?ĭoug Wagner: You know, this is always an interesting question for me.
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