Leonard O'Grady- Q and A
Where do you live?
Ireland
What is your favourite comic series?
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
What is your favourite book?
The Tain
Who is your favourite artist?
Kev O'Neill/ Mick McMahon
What music do you like to listen to?
Depends, lotsa Zero7 and AfroCelts recently
What are your favourite films?
Straight to video 80's schlock and foreign stuff
Is there one painting that inspires you? And how?
Harry Clarke's work in Gothe's Faust- simply adored it http://www.grandmasgraphics.com/clarke1.htm
When and where were you happiest?
When I'm working on my own artwork
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being Financially free to follow my own art
What is your greatest fear?
Resigning myself of obscure mediocity/being trapped in a 25 cent bin forever
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Impatience with my work
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Duplicity
What is your greatest extravagance?
Currently my beard
What makes you depressed?
Not being able to do more
What is your most unappealing habit?
obsession with work
What is your favourite fantasy?
Being somewhere without email
For what cause would you die?
Haven't decided
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Tara
Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it?
Yes
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Feck
How do you relax?
I can relax?
What keeps you awake at night?
Work
How would you like to die?
Working
How would you like to be remembered?
That bloke who worked in Comics a lot
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
The best artist aren't always the best Comic Artists
What does the House of RA mean to you?
A great new Doorway in UK comics
Why did you want to become a writer?
Cus that's what I do-there was no alternative
Isn’t about time you grew up?
Nah
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