Justin Gray: Wider Nets, Mixed Bags, and Creative Freedom

I’ve known Justin Gray for a long time. Like, I’m old and stuff, but I’ve known this guy since way back in my Cyber Age Adventures Days. Like I said, a long time. He had the goods then, and history has proven that he still has them now. Whether you know Justin from his prose or comics work, I figured it was long past time he sat in the hot seat here at the blog. 

Tell us a bit about your latest work. 

I am currently working on multiple creator-owned and self-publishing ventures including Spicy Pulp Comics, an adult-themed sci-fi fantasy anthology, Standstill a survival horror comic that takes place after a global pandemic paralyzes most of humanity, and a five-issue miniseries called Billy the Kit about a tornado god killing rabbit in the old west. 

What happened in your life that prompted you to become a writer? 

I think I’m kind of a cliché in many ways, shy kid, broken home, rich fantasy life, the same ingredients that make serial killers only I wanted to tell stories. Some of it might be in reaction to feeling helpless as a kid, wanting to have control of the world around you when you’re young is an interesting struggle. I wanted to escape reality quite a bit and first found that escape in comics. Unfortunately, I am not a good enough artist to illustrate what I see in my head. As a result, I turned to writing. 

What inspires you to write? 

Almost everything can impact me that way, but inspiration is fleeting and fickle and unpredictable, so what I do is set aside the same time every day to write. 

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