Sep 25, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 14 segments
Kody Chamberlain joins Timecode: DEAD AIR for a conversation about comics, crime, horror, and the long road of building a […]
Cody ChamberlainGuest
Jon WoodHost
... do you have to try to, or do you find yourself kind of, I don't want to say imitating, but using that as a basis of how to draw for those books?
And so they, they were sort of doing a similar kinda style back then, and, and Ben brought that style into 30 Days of Night.
He may have done 30 Days of Night first and then Hellspawn, but it was all in the same short window of time.
But that sort of style he was doing was very unique and kind of particular.
And, um, I knew coming in I was the first artist to draw that book that wasn't one of the creators.
Um, and so I did sort of adjust my look a little bit, not, not a lot, but just a little bit to make sure it wasn't totally out of the norm for that title.
So just the color, the way the textures were kinda overlaid and things, I just did a little bit to kinda nudge my stuff more in that direction.
But I didn't fully go that way because- Um, it's not really the way I draw, you know? It's not really my-
And plus it wasn't the, the artwork they saw when they hired me for that book, I didn't wanna stray too far from that either.
So it was a little bit of a balancing act to make sure I was still doing what, you know, they wanted me for, but also, you know, didn't totally throw off the look of that comic, so.
And, you know, I don't know, I don't quite know if I hit it just right, but, um, you know, I had some rationale on why I was doing what I was doing, and I hope it worked.
... do you have to try to, or do you find yourself kind of, I don't want to say imitating, but using that as a basis of how to draw for those books?
And so they, they were sort of doing a similar kinda style back then, and, and Ben brought that style into 30 Days of Night.
He may have done 30 Days of Night first and then Hellspawn, but it was all in the same short window of time.
But that sort of style he was doing was very unique and kind of particular.
And, um, I knew coming in I was the first artist to draw that book that wasn't one of the creators.
Um, and so I did sort of adjust my look a little bit, not, not a lot, but just a little bit to make sure it wasn't totally out of the norm for that title.
So just the color, the way the textures were kinda overlaid and things, I just did a little bit to kinda nudge my stuff more in that direction.
But I didn't fully go that way because- Um, it's not really the way I draw, you know? It's not really my-
And plus it wasn't the, the artwork they saw when they hired me for that book, I didn't wanna stray too far from that either.
So it was a little bit of a balancing act to make sure I was still doing what, you know, they wanted me for, but also, you know, didn't totally throw off the look of that comic, so.
And, you know, I don't know, I don't quite know if I hit it just right, but, um, you know, I had some rationale on why I was doing what I was doing, and I hope it worked.
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