February 22, 2014
Please Go Read An Interview By Bill Baker
I was very sad to read about the passing last Thursday of one of my peers, the writer Bill Baker. Baker was not someone I knew very well, but he was prolific, he consistently found places to write that allowed him to present deep cuts into the material he liked for a wider and mostly mainstream audience, and he was awfully, awfully solicitous and kind in personal interactions. I thought instead of posting the short piece I had ready to go I'd direct you to a list of the interview Baker has done. He was a different interviewer than I am, with different interests, but they were genuine and that sense of passionate interest in comics came through when he worked in that art form.
I don't know why people cover comics, by which I mean in this case I don't know why Bill did. I assume that all the standard reasons anyone write about anything apply. I got the sense that he was infatuated with the visual side of comics, and the illustrative tradition that might have as loose a hand on things right now that at any time in the medium's history. I noticed a month ago when preparing a link that that Bill interviewed a lot of people in the midst of kickstarters, or following projects that might be said to have a focused argument, which makes me think he was curious about why artists pursue the projects they pursue, a great mystery to me as well. I regret not getting a chance to ask him.
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Bo Hampton
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Brendan Burford
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Brian Azzarello
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Cliff Galbraith
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David Quinn
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David Sandoval
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Don McGregor
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Elaine Lee And Michael Wm Kaluta 01
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Elaine Lee And Michael Wm Kaluta 02
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Eric R. Gignac
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Fred Van Lente
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Gabrielle Bell
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Gary Scott Beatty
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Guy Davis
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Jackie Estrada
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J. David Spurlock
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Jeff Smith
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Jeph Loeb
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JG Jones 01
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JG Jones 02
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Jimmy Palmiotti
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Joel Meadows
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JR Han
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Kurt Busiek
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Manuel Auad
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Mark Dudley
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Mark Wheatley 01
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Mark Wheatley 02
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Mark Wheatley 03
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Mark Wheatley 04
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Mark Wheatley 05
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Moro Rogers
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Nimue Brown
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Pat Wilshire
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Richard Corben
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Rick Geary
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Robert Sodaro
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Shane-Michael Vidaurri
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Steve Lieber
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Tom Brown
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Tom Kaczynski 01
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Tom Kaczynski 02
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Tommy Castillo
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Travis Hanson
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Victor Santos
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Warren Ellis
My condolences to friends and family. Bill Baker was 55 years old. He died of complications from pneumonia.
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