Eleven Questions with T.E. Pouncey: Paul O'Connell

(Because 10 isn't enough --- and who has time to read 12?)

The word "genius" is used so often that it's lost all impact.

However British comic writer Paul O'Connell is nothing less than a comic book genius. Creator of the The Sound of Drowning series of comic stories, his work has been called "a devastatingly funny, misanthropic and strangely beautiful carnival of delights" by 3 a.m., Magazine. Mark Stafford at The London Cartoon Museum has said of O'Connell's work: "Paul O'Connell's Sound of Drowning strips are my favourite Brit finds of recent years. He has a knack for nailing a specific kind of urban unease, for detailing the fantasy lives of the impotent, and our disquiet at the gulf between our shiny expectations and the shabby reality around us. Highly recommended and bloody funny too."

O'Connell said some of his comic book favorites have been American superhero comics, Mad Magazine, the legendary U.K. Science fiction comic 2000 AD, and the European editions of Heavy Metal.

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