Are you stoked on the way your illustrations came out?
I like parts of them.
Is that your favourite sort of style to do, or does it vary?
I love drawing in any style really and with anything. I love doing black and white, pen and ink stuff and paint occasionally. With these boards I didn't have a style in mind they just happened to end up that way, I just wanted to get the idea out right.
Did you pretty much have a clear idea of what you wanted to do from the beginning?
Kind of, I knew I wanted the lovely creatures to be in charge.
Who have you done work for?
Some magazines, Motorola, couple of animation companies... bits.
How many units of hard liquor would you say you consume per week?
Don't touch the stuff. Never will. About 90 units.
How many times have you been stopped by the rozzers in London because you fit a 'profile'?
A few times. Some shifty eyes at passport control. Once I was stopped on Oxford Street, during the day, eating a box of noodles. Just walking along and a bunch of plain clothed ones bounce out of a van, grab me and my noodles and drag me to one side. One of them asks me if I have anything on me I shouldn't have. He's shaking. He looked upset and starts to search me. He goes into my pockets, my bag, even my fucking noodles, pinning me up against some shop the whole time. I'm still finishing a mouthful of noodles. Starsky says "The reason we stopped you is because you fit the profile of someone." He says a black man was seen running down Oxford Street with a gun and I fit his description. I told him I was not a black gentleman, that I was walking and that I wasn't going to shoot anyone with my noodles. Once they register this they say sorry and then let me go. They say that they had made a mistake but that I should be careful. Even when they're wrong I need to be careful... Even when they fuck up they need to be right...What's with people like that? My noodles went cold. Cunts.
Skaters. Like 'em or loathe 'em?
Like some.
Artists. Like 'em or loathe 'em?
Some dead ones and a few comic artists.
Chicks. Like 'em or loathe 'em.
The fun ones. Not the pouters.
Tell me about Hatebeak. People in Jozi don't believe us.They're real. They're a Scandinavian ( I think Swedish) 3 piece death metal band with a parrot lead singer - he's African. He has a very limited vocabulary and mostly squawks. As far as I know they have a couple of EPs, God of Empty Nest and can't remember the others. Love to see them live. Not sure if they're still going.
Would you be into doing more shit with Familia further down the line?
Yes sir.