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Paul N Neal

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It was recently my joy to speak with veteran comics writer and editor Mike Carlin about his incredible career and his time guiding the various adventures of Superman.
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Tripwire’s Contributing Writer Paul Neal Speaks To Veteran Marvel And DC Editor Mike Carlin About His Decades In Comics

A Life Shaped By The Four-Color World Over a number of weeks Tripwire’s contributing Writer Paul N Neal recently had the wonderful opportunity to talk to comics veteran and legendary Superman editor M...

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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Paul N Neal

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If you love comics please click on my NEW piece for Tripwire. THIS IS PART 2. With Bill Morrison,Joseph M Linsner,Dan Brereton,Jimmy Broxton, Val Semeiks,David Mack,Yildiray Cinar,Dan Cornwell,B Sienkiewicz,Dakota Alexander, and Andrew Sawyers
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Tripwire Asks Ten More Comic Creators What Makes An Eye-catching Cover Part Two

The Shop Window To A Comic As promised after of a well-received part one, Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul Neal continues to ask ten more of our friends in the comic industry a deceivingly simple q...

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October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Paul N Neal

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I recently put together an article for Tripwire Magazine. It was about was makes an effective and eye catching comic book cover.
I am so gratefully to the creators involved for taking part and sharing their valuable time. This is an article I am genuinely REALLY proud of PLEASE do have a read.

Ten Comic Creators Explain What Makes A Really Good Comic Cover Part One

Just What’s A Great Comic Cover? Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal recently asked a handful of our friends from within the comic industry a deceiving straightforward question? He hoped to fin...

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September 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Paul N Neal

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I recently wrote an article for Tripwire that puts forward the idea that the film The Social Network kickstarted a sub genre of of film for movie makers. Love to have some feedback. Or indeed shares
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Tripwire Looks At The Social Network Trend

Looking At A Modern Film Fashion Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal has written for Tripwire in the past when he thinks he has noticed a trend in television or cinema… Paul argues that the suc...

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September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Paul N Neal

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It is my absolute joy to share my latest humble article for Tripwire's website. Keith Finch's kickstarter looks fun and interesting.
I endeavoured to find out more. Please do check it out.
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Tripwire’s Contributing Writer Paul N Neal Investigates Morphodroids #1

The Greatest Comics Toy Tieup That Never Was Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal spends much of his time looking at the Kickstarter comic market. He thought Morphodroids looked interesting and ...

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September 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM

Paul N Neal

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I have not said anything for a while. It was recently my pleasure to talk to the LEGEND Glenn Fabry. He had some WONDERFUL news to share and chatted to me. PLEASE DO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. Comments are very, very welcome. but please share. I am so pleased for him
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Tripwire Catches Up With 2000AD And DC Comics Legend Glenn Fabry

Talking To A British Comics Original Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal just interviewed legendary UK comic artist Glenn Fabry to talk about his health and what he is up in terms of work and h...

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August 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Paul N Neal

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I have not said anything for a while. It was recently my please to talk to the LEGEND Glenn Fabry. He had some WONDERFUL news to share and chatted to me. PLEASE DO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. Comment are very, very welcome. but please share.

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Tripwire Catches Up With 2000AD And DC Comics Legend Glenn Fabry

Talking To A British Comics Original Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal just interviewed legendary UK comic artist Glenn Fabry to talk about his health and what he is up in terms of work and h...

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August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Paul N Neal

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I recently wrote a piece for Tripwire Magazine online. It is a fun piece about movies and a movie cliché I thought I spotted. Please do have a read. Comments are very welcome.
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Tripwire’s Paul Neal Looks At The “Let’s Launch A Nuke To Solve All Our Problems” Cliche In Movies

Time To Call In The Nuclear Option Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal thinks he has spotted an annoying trend in modern movie making. This is where in action or superhero movies the military f...

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July 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM

Paul N Neal

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It was my pleasure to to recently write and put together a Top Ten of Steven Spielberg's greatest movie moments for Tripwire.
Please do have a read. Or even share if you like it?
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Spielberg’s Top 10 Movie Moments

The Master Of Modern Cinema’s Key Scenes With Spielberg’s Jaws hitting its fiftieth birthday this year, our contributing writer Paul N Neal decided to put together his own top ten of the legendary dir...

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July 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM

Paul N Neal

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It was a pleasure recently to briefly talk to Grayham Puttock about the latest addition to his Longpig saga. It promises to be well worth checking out. Grayham's writing always a treat and Adam Jakes' art is excellent. Their partnership is one of the jewels of the independent UK comics scene.

30 Days: A Longpig Tale, Kickstarter Launches On 27th May

A Tasty Treat After the success of the first Longpig miniseries the creative team recently announced the launch of a new original horror/western tale from the dark history of Longpig. A stand-alone ho...

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May 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM

Paul N Neal

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After much thought I finally finished Part Two of my "How Best to Approach Drawing Superman with some incredible artists

Artists Talk About The Right Way To Draw Superman Part Two

Portraying DC’s Man of Steel A month ago, Tripwire published an article that asked a number of wonderful artists how they approached illustrating Superman. It asked them within approximately 200-300 w...

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May 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM

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Paul N Neal

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Can I share a recent chat I had with the excellent Chris Weston about his stunning art on Dark Horse Comics, Paranoid Gardens. Our talk includes a ten page preview of his gorgeous art. Please do have a read.

Tripwire Talks To Chris Weston About Dark Horse’s Paranoid Gardens With Gerard Way, Now In Trade, And Shares A 10-Page Preview

Enter The Gardens Of Paranoia Chris Weston is longtime friend of Tripwire, and with a new trade paperback edition of his latest work Paranoid Gardens, written by Gerard Way with Shaun Simon, now avail...

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May 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Paul N Neal

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Can I share a recent chat I had with the excellent Chris Weston about his stunning art on Dark Horse Comics, Paranoid Gardens. Our talk includes a ten page preview of his gorgeous art. Please do have a read.

Tripwire Talks To Chris Weston About Dark Horse’s Paranoid Gardens With Gerard Way, Now In Trade, And Shares A 10-Page Preview

Enter The Gardens Of Paranoia Chris Weston is longtime friend of Tripwire, and with a new trade paperback edition of his latest work Paranoid Gardens, written by Gerard Way with Shaun Simon, now avail...

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May 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Paul N Neal

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It is my absolute thrill to share my latest interview for Tripwire. For many years Zenith from the pages of 2000AD has been one of my absolute favourite comic strips. So it with great pleasure I share my brand new interview with Steve Yeowell about his time working with comic writer Grant Morrison.

Steve Yeowell Talks About Zenith, Grant Morrison And More

An Auspicious Start Given Grant Morrison’s apparent retirement from mainstream comics, in the third of a new series of retrospective interviews, Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal recently too...

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April 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM

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Check out this Tripwire Magazine interview with John Wagner and Dan Cornwell about their new @2000ad.bsky.social comic, Spector! The pair will be here from 1pm today to sign your copies!

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John Wagner And Dan Cornwell Tell Tripwire All About Spector: Incorruptible, The Final Work Of Carlos Ezquerra

Cleaning Up The City Legendary Judge Dredd writer John Wagner and talented artist Dan Cornwell recently took some time to talk to Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal about the collected edition...

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April 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM

Paul N Neal

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It is my honour today to share my interview with Andrew J Lewis. It is all about Volume 3 of the 2000AD fanzine Zarjaz.

Please read, please SHARE and please love this project as much as I do>
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Andrew J Lewis Talks About The Latest Volume Of 2000AD Fanzine ZARJAZ

A Love Letter To The Prog Zarjaz editor Andrew J Lewis recently reached out to Tripwire to discuss Volume 3 of 2000AD’s long running anthology fanzine. In an effort to discover more our contributing w...

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April 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Paul N Neal

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Over the weekend I tried writing a review of Netflix's The Electric State. Please do have a read, any feedback is very welcome.
(Feel free to share it)
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Tripwire Reviews Netflix’s The Electric State

Lacking A Real Spark Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal tries to understand Netflix’s $320m gamble, The Electric State, available to watch now… Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Stars: Chris...

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March 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Paul N Neal

@paulnneal.bsky.social

I recently had the chance to talk to writer and artist and all round gentleman Dakota Alexander about his wonderful comic project, The Hunter.
His kickstarter is very exciting. For comic fans it promises a real kick of retro nostalgia. Honestly you will not be disappointed. Comments are welcome.

Dakota Alexander Talks To Tripwire about Trouble Comics’ The Hunter

The Hunt Is On Again While online Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal recently spotted an exciting Kickstarter for a new comic called The Hunter. He was so impressed by the project’s distinctiv...

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March 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Paul N Neal

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I have a new article to share, It is a chat with Chuck Dixon about the new Jason Statham movie, based on Chuck Dixon's character Leven Cade from his novels. The film is written by Sylvester Stallone & directed by David Ayer.. Worth a read and a share. I'd dove it if one the big names shared it.

Longtime Batman and Punisher Writer Chuck Dixon Talks about 2025’s A Working Man Coming To The Big Screen Later This Year

Answers From A Hard-Working Writer For several years the prolific writer of numerous Batman and Punisher titles (and many other comics) has turned his hand to writing a series of well received novels....

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March 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM

Paul N Neal

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I recently had the opportunity to talk to 2000AD artist and movie storyboard artist Mark Sexton about his fascinating career path.
It makes for entertaining and educational reading.
It is honestly a fun interview.

Tripwire Talks To Australian 2000AD Artist Mark Sexton About A Career In Comics And Film

Making His Mark Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal just talked to Australian comic artist and film storyboard artist Mark Sexton about a career that encompasses comics and film… TRIPWIRE: Mark...

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March 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Paul N Neal

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I am thrilled today to post my latest interview for Tripwire. I had a chance to talk to Marc Deering about Flipside Comics.

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Marc Deering Tells Tripwire All About Flipside Comics

Welcome To The Flipside Recently a handful of comic industry fan favourites, including Tripwire’s friend Liam Sharp, have vouched on social media for the merits of a new online endeavour called Flipsi...

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March 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Paul N Neal

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I wrote a review earlier this week of Grayham Puttock's latest book The Ape The Ate The World. Please have a read but a copy of the gentleman's excellent book.
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The Ape That Ate The World by Grayham Puttock - A Review

Where to start? I guess we should start with the title. Does Grayham's latest book actually involve a big hairy ape that swallows Planet Earth? Or could the title be a less than subtle metaphor of som...

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March 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Paul N Neal

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I hope this will interest people. I recently spoke to Chaz Truog about his time illustrating Animal Man with writer Grant Morrison. ...Any comments are very welcome.

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Artist Chaz Truog Talks To Tripwire About Animal Man And Grant Morrison

Animal Magnetism Given Grant Morrison’s apparent retirement from mainstream comics, in the first of a new series of retrospective interviews, Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul Neal recently took the...

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February 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Paul N Neal

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I thought this may appeal to my friends that are comic fans.
Thinking about what goodies may be in this stunning building has me planning a holiday. Have a read, the article explains a little more. Please do feel free to share.
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