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“Have you seen Billy Tucci? If you do, tell that runt I’m looking for him.”
by beau Smith
Billy Tucci: creator/writer/artist of the hit Indy comic, Shi. Billy Tucci: writer and artist that brought Sgt. rock back to the level of importance the character deserved. Billy Tucci: former army Ranger, fashion school graduate, athlete, outdoorsman and historian. Billy Tucci: Hyperactive, loud, opinionated, part Italian nutjob that never runs out of energy. Billy Tucci: inventor of Trouble.
This week I tasered Billy long enough to get some insane answers to some very immature questions of mine. For far too long other pop culture sites ask the same boring questions to comic book creators, not here. I wanted to ask semi-worthless, time killing questions that all of us think of, but are way too polite or educated to ask. let your mom serve you vegetables, I’m here to deal out moon pies and RC Cola.
So sit back, hold up your spit shield and imagine the horror of having Billy Tucci and me in your living room.
Billy Tucci
Beau: What Comic book writers have influenced you?
Billy: Chuck Dixon, Stan Lee and Frank Miller.
Beau: What comic book artist would most like to see draw your likeness?
Billy: mark Schultz.
Beau: who was your first celebrity crush?
Billy: Farah Fawcett Majors.
Beau: What obscure comic book character would you most like to write and draw?
Billy: BlackHawk (is he obscure enough?)
Beau: What your favorite gun?
Billy: No question, the M1 Garand.
Beau: greatest president Of The united states Of America?
Billy: George Washington.
Beau: Daredevil: Red costume or yellow?
Billy: Don’t really care. not on my radar. (Get it?) Do you think Matt Murdoch knows what color suit he’s wearing?
Beau: What TV series would you like to have on DVD?
Billy: Man, I’ve got a lot of those! I guess, Combat, though.
Beau: What celebrity would like to smack in the face with a rusty shovel?
Billy: Oh too many to list, let’s see, Alec Baldwin, Chris Matthews, Rosie O’Donnell for a warm up though. how about all of them?
Beau: If you had a talk show, who would be your first guest?
Billy: George W. Bush.
Beau: favorite breed of dog?
Billy: German Shepherd.
Beau: In school, did you ever flunk a class and if so, what was it?
Billy: let me put it this way, the same year I scored a 100 and a 99 on my Social Studies and English Regents exams, I failed 9th grade elementary Algebra (for the third time!).
Beau: name one of your favorite artists.
Billy: Frank Frazetta.
Beau: super Powers: Fly, super strength or be invisible?
Billy: Fly, though I know it would be better to be invisible.
Beau: What’s one of your favorite John Wayne movies?
Billy: Sands of Iwo Jima.
Beau: What genre of comic book would you most like to do?
Billy: super Hero.
Beau: Goober or Gomer?
Billy: Goober fo’ sho!
Beau: current comic book you’d like to have a lifetime subscription for?
Billy: The old Our army At War. (See, I told y’all he was trouble. Can’t even answer the question right.)
Beau: What comic book super villain thinks like you?
Billy: Hans Van Hammer.
Beau: Do you still wear a toupee?
Billy: Not anymore, it itched too much, but I was in college, so what are you going to do, right? women and money!
Okay, that nightmare is over. Billy soon shook off the effects of the taser and scurried off into the night screaming “Anarchy! I don’t know what that means , but I love it!”.
Please make sure you scope out some of Billy’s upcoming projects:
STAR-SPANGLED war stories #1
Written by WILLIAM TUCCI
Art by JUSTINIANO and TOM DERENICK & ANDREW MANGUM
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
There aren’t many French Resistance soldiers more beautiful than Mademoiselle Marie – and there are none more deadly! When Marie is put in charge of some critical cargo, she’ll have to keep her enemies very close, indeed. but she might not be keeping a close-enough eye on her friends!
ONE-SHOT • on sale SEPTEMBER 29 • 32 pg FC, $3.99 US
Nevsky
Some Nevsky artwork for the Alexander Nevsky graphic novel by Billy Tucci and Ben McCool (colors by Brian Miller) for Trident Media Group.
Red Hood: lost Days
Cover of Red Hood: lost Days #4 from DC Comics. Billy will be doing the cover to the series. Billy is also working with screenwriter, Kevin Bernhardt on the script to the feature film based on Shi, Billy’s popular comic book.
Hope you enjoyed this episode of premature Conversations. Be looking for more in the near future and please post a comment letting me know what you thought of this one and who you’d like to see answer some more of my meaningless questions.
Your amigo,
Beau Smith
The flying Fist Ranch
www.flyingfistranch.com