Alex de Campi - Q and A

Where do you live?
Primrose Hill, London

What is your favorite comic series?
Way, way too many to list.

What is your favorite book?
The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler

Who is your favourite artist?
Francis Bacon or Anselm Kiefer. Oh, you mean comic artist? Mike Allred or Enki Bilal.

What music do you like to listen to?
Punk, ska, blues.

What are your favorite films?
Orphee; Cool Hand Luke; Full Metal Jacket

Is there one painting that inspires you? and how ?
Breughel's The Fall of Icarus, or van Eyck's Arnolfini Marriage, for the stories they tell.

When and where we're you happiest?
Tomorrow.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Freedom. Being on the road or at sea.

What is your greatest fear?
Growing old

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Impatience.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Lateness.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Clothes and books

What makes you depressed?
Mediocrity.

What is your most unappealing habit?
Messiness

What is your favourite fantasy?
Winning an oscar for screenwriting

For what cause would you die?
None

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Someone I haven't met yet

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it?
Of course

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Most Anglo-Saxon swear words

How do you relax?
Walking my dog

What keeps you awake at night?
Thinking up stories, getting excited about new ideas

How would you like to die?
Instantly, painlessly, and at the moment I choose

How would you like to be remembered?
"Her sins were scarlet, but her books were read"

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Don't waste time, or time will waste you.

What does the House of RA mean to you?
It's an antidote to mediocre big-company spandex. It's the interesting stories.

Why did you want to become a writer?
So I can get paid for daydreaming

Isnt it about time you grew up?
What's the use of growing up, if you can't act like a child?

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