5 Quick Questions with ChrisCross

ChrisCross (born Christopher Williams) is a comic book illustrator, known mostly for his stints pencilling Milestone Comics' Blood Syndicate and Heroes also Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel and Slingers.

Williams attended New York City's School of Visual Arts in the early 1990s. While doing so, he caught his big break doing work for the DC Comics imprint, Milestone Comics, which sought to publish a line of comics aimed at attracting a more multicultural audience.

He has also worked on other series such as Firestorm and The Outsiders for DC comics. He is currently working on a series of hardcover graphic novels for a France-based company named Humanoids Publishing and has returned to the States to continue American comics, starting on Midnighter #11.

He has also been hired to do illustrations and storyboards for commercials and magazines.



ChrisCross agreed to answer 5 Quick Questions

1) What would you say is your greatest achievement in comics?

Getting in there and staying there and being relevant. I'm the deluded type. I never thought about how hard it would take to get in. i just made my mind up that if i wanted something i had to make myself good enough to get it. I still haven't changed that kind of thought process. Believing that God would make a way didn't hurt either. Heck, i don't think i'm slowing down either.

2) Who was your favorite writer or artist that you worked with & why?

Now that's kind of hard to say. Joe Casey thinks like i do. But i've worked with Peter David, Christopher Priest and Keith Giffen.... Ivan Velez back in the day... i worked the longest with Peter. They all have something to offer in their own ways and the reason we all made memorable projects is because we pushed each other, for the most part. Joe Casey is kicking my behind all over the place. More than Christopher Priest did. But i don't mind. I figure they know that i can handle anything they throw at me. It's kind of like getting the PS3 for the first time. WIth a Sony Bravia 52 incher. IF they make that size. :D

3) What character you have never worked .., would you like to do & why?

I've never worked on Fantastic Four. I would like to see what i could do with that book. Nor have i drawn Captain America or SHAZAM!! I would love to draw those for obvious reasons.. that being i grew up reading those books and it would be great to have a footprint in those books. Spider-man would be another book. You can do a lot of great animated action with him. NO one moves like Spidey.

4) Who are your influences?

Too many too mention. Let's just say most of old Marvel, a lot of anime and manga artists.... Usually anyone that i see has a great knack for doing a particular thing that helps me figure out something that i'm have difficulty with. Then i add it to the fold.

5) What hero or villain would you like to change if you could and why?

Believe it or not, a villain. Crusher Creel would be a cool character. I think there's a lot you could learn from him. He's seen a lot and probably one of the few characters that has battled Thor and Hulk and... heck, the AVENGERS, and came out smelling like a rose... so to speak.

I say Crusher. Mostly cuz i love the name. :D