On the outskirts of Manhattan Beach, California, at ‘The Comic Bug‘, dwells a lone comic-slinger, Mike “The Chief” Wellman.  Mike owns Atomic Basement comics and writes, edits, and self publishes his own books.  Besides co-creating Mac Afro, Mike’s also written Battlestar Galactica and World Of Warcraft stories for TokyoPop.  After 2 years in the making, Atomic Basement published ‘The Kids Of Widney High‘ comic book (profiled on Ain’t It Cool News).  Mike talks about the creation and reception to the book as well as breaks the news that the producer of the Hitman movie has optioned his Gone South vampire ‘fish out of water’ yarn.  The chief also gives us a glipse of Guns A ‘Blazin, his OGN coming later this year. (And while we tackle the controversial digital vs. physical comic debate, we never find an answer to the riddle: where’d the cheese go?)

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And here’s an interview from Detroit Comic Con 2009. Freak. Angels. SRSLY!