![]() ![]() BISSETTE: I stepped away from the American comic book industry such as it was in 1999. JASON BERGMAN: I thought I would start with a simple question: are you retired from comics? I caught up with Bissette over Zoom to talk about that unexpected journey, as well as the enduring legacy of his work on The Saga of the Swamp Thing, and what made his horror anthology Taboo so special. His journey took him into video retail and academia, and while he never completely walked away from comics, perhaps at long last some part of his future involves drawing them again. It’s safe to say the 27 years that followed didn’t go as expected for Bissette. The book was riding high with strong catalog sales, and the fourth issue was on its way to store shelves. Bissette had every reason to be confident in that plan. Bissette boldly declared that he planned to spend the next 15 years writing, drawing and publishing Tyrant, his series detailing the complete life cycle of a Tyrannosaurus rex. In his 1996 interview with Kim Thompson in The Comics Journal #185, Stephen R. ![]() Photo by Marjory Bissette, caricature by Joel Christian Gill. Bissette at Boston University's Stone Gallery in March 2023. Interviews “My Imperative Was To Get My Family Through This”: Catching up with Stephen R. ![]()
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