Creator of the Month: Gregg Hurwitz

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Our “Creator of the Month” program lets us spotlight a different writer, artist, colorist, letterer or more each month, allowing you to get a glimpse into what makes them tick. (What’s more, you may ask? As you may know, AWA is venturing into film and TV, so you may just see a director or other movie auteur show up on these pages over time, too!)

Creator of the Month – July
Gregg Hurwitz
Writer
Knighted
NewThink

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Website: http://www.gregghurwitz.net/

What is your favorite comic character or fictional character of all time? Why?
Comic Character: Frank Castle. For his shark-like purity. Fictional character might be Lionel Essrog from Motherless Brooklyn.

Who most influenced you in the world of comics?
Garth Ennis. I had a gap in my comic-reading years from when I was younger to when I came back and picked up a Punisher MAX by him. When I read that, I was much more aware of what comics could DO.

Who most influenced you outside of the world of comics?
Shakespeare. I studied his work extensively in college and for a year in England. I think he was a great thriller writer. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shakespeare-thriller-writ_b_3786223

Do you have a favorite panel/ art from an AWA series you’ve worked on?
Rahzzah’s cover for NewThink #1 is absolutely incredible.

What do you want fans to know about you?
I sometimes use character names from comics when Orphan X (the hero of my fiction series) needs an alias.

If you were a comic book character, would you rather be the hero or the villain?
Villain

What’s your favorite comic book or graphic novel?
Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing run completely blew my mind.

What’s your favorite comic book genre?
Horror/Gritty Action/Suspense

Would you rather be invisible or have the ability to fly?
Fly! Being invisible feels creepy-adjacent.

Do you think you could survive in a zombie apocalypse?
I’d be useful in a group but I’d need survivalists, etc.

Do you listen to music while you’re creating?
No. Can’t listen to words when I’m writing words.

What is your favorite song?
Right now it’s Jennifer Hudson’s version of Hallelujah, sung at the Global Citizens Prize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgMCm5NWtII

What is the best advice you ever got?
Make your writing time sacrosanct.

Dog person, cat person, or…?
Dog person

Where is your happy place?
In my home with the fireplace on, Blanton’s bourbon on a spherical ice cube, my family around and my three Rhodesian ridgebacks at my feet.

Tell us one of your guilty pleasures.
Big Macs.

If you were stranded in an elevator with any 3 people, real or fictional, living or dead, who would you pick?
Shakespeare, Jung, Twain.

What is your favorite burger?
Uh… see above.

What is your favorite type of pizza/pizza topping?
Black olives, mushroom, salami.

If you could have anything in the world for a last meal, what would it be?
Yakitoriya in LA at Sawtelle and Olympic.