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For the last 30 years Michael has done a wide range of work, ranging from commercial advertising to fine art, graphic design to desktop publishing, but his first love has always been comics. The last few years he has dealt with some setbacks but like any soldier in a fight he marches on, winning more battles than losing. The good news is that he has won the war. His new venture is https://www.mstudioscomics.com Michael McClain’s Artist Showcase, a series of art books featuring an brethren of artist. In my opinion, this a major step beyond anything he’s done before, making his journey from corporate work-for-hire to a publisher of artistic integrity. Admittedly, there are many great publishers in the industry but few who are so personally involved in presenting a pool of underrated masters of craft. Originally, I had intended to do a standard career retrospective interview, but Michael and I agreed that it would be better to have a free form conversation about comics in general and his work and creative pursues and to let the conversation take us where it would, and that’s just what we did. We ordered food and drink and let the winds take us where it would. The resulting conversation should prove unique because Michael McClain point of view is unique because it is his story. And everyone has a story to tell or in Mike’s case. Several stories to tell. He’s now in the process of finding his own vision and that’s all to the best.