Matt Wagner (writer), Guy Davis (artist)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #1 (1993)
Published by Vertigo (DC Comics)
‘Sandman Mystery Theatre’ was a lot of fun to draw and work on with Matt [Wagner] and Steve [Seagle]. I love old movies and pulp stories, so I was happy to have an excuse to use a lot of reference I had gotten along the way for the 30’s and 40’s. It was a huge learning experience too, my first mainstream work-for-hire job and the deadlines were crazy and tight on that series. So I learned to make art choices quick and turn work around fast to meet the deadlines–and looking back I probably made a lot of the wrong art choices along the way, but learning from mistakes is still the best teacher to me.
—Guy Davis, interviewed in Heroes Online in 2009