CURRENT WORK: creator/writer/artist of Savage Dragon, writer of Aquaman, Nova, Wolverine
WIZARD: Soooo...exactly how many hairs do you have left on your head?
LARSEN: Three. But it makes for a wicked comb-over.
Have you considered Rogaine?
You know, with all the hair that I've got on my back, if that stuff gets going at all, I'd be in deep, deep trouble.
That's a good point. Now, you've insanely gone from one book a month to four. Where do you find the time?
It's kind of deceptive, because when I was "only" writing and drawing Savage Dragon, I was also writing Freak Force and doing mini-series and supervising a "Savage Dragon" cartoon.
C'mon, you're writing four books a month. How much sleep are you getting?
I'm getting the normal, required amount that a person should receive in order to function in life.
And how much is that?
Two hours a night.
So can you escape this trap you've made for yourself?
I don't want to escape. It's something that I always wanted to do.
That's such a Miss America answer. That's like, "I want to work for world peace, and I love puppies too."
But it's absolutely true. All I ever wanted to do was funnybooks, and now I'm doing them. What do I do when I'm not drawing comics? I read them. It's really, really sick.
You're beyond hopeless, aren't you?
Yeah, that's pretty much the case.
Dragon gets pretty crazy. You've got guys crawling out of monster asses and guys getting spikes driven through their guts. What's the wackiest thing you've done in the book?
None of it strikes me as wacky. It's just everything comic books should be. You've got lungs, you choose to breathe air. You read comics, you choose to read Savage Dragon. It's just all the stuff you love in comics- pathos, drama and big hooters.
Speaking of big hooters, time for our Miss America question: What's your favorite munchie at 2:00 a.m.?
I don't eat at 2:00 a.m.
But you've got to be up. You only sleep two hours a night.
Okay, okay- human flesh. You dragged that out of me.
--JIM McLAUCHLIN
WIZARD PRESS