1. your beginnings
G.T. Becks was born in the Washington DC metropolitan area June 18, 1968. He became interested in writing and music at the age of 6, and after a few years of collecting comic books became inspired to draw his own. Mostly a self taught artist, his style is a mix of both Japanese Manga and American comic influences.
In 1992 he moved to Los Angeles and completed his first comic series called Vixen 6 which was adapted into a screenplay.
In 2001 he started the series Mazscara, a webcomic whose story elements mix horror, drama and fantasy. At the same time he began to discover 3D software such as zBrush, Cinema 4D and Poser, which took his art in a whole different direction. G.T is currently working on several 3D projects as well as two new comic series called the Humorville Hillarrions and Fiendy.
2. what is mazscara?
Mazscara is a horror webcomic that was conceived in 1999 while I was living in Los Angeles. The main character is Victoria Starfield, a hollywood celebrity/actress who commits suicide and is taken to the underworld of Subhell Six by her soon to be nemesis Tung Fei Bang. She is eventually rescued and transformed into Mazscara by a secret organization of angels known as Crowd Control. She is then resurrected back into the physical world through her dead body with these special powers. Her mission is to protect five children who have been targeted by a group of fallen angels and demons.
3. tell me a little more about Victoria Starfield
Victoria Starfield, whose real name is Victoria Kelly Strauss, is the Hollywood starlet, and also the image of young Hollywood, living too soon and dying too fast. The character herself was born into a well off upper class family, and got into show business through her Father Gregory Strauss, a top stuntman for a decade in Hollywood film. She, being a child star was exploited by her Father, who took all the money she made from her early career. Her mother Dahlia is extremely religious and was very abusive to Victoria and her older brother Thad. Victoria herself even before becoming Mazscara is already a fighter, she's been through it all and refuses to back down from anything or anyone.
4. the best issue of mazscara for you
I would say Book 6. The character of Mazscara, for the first time even before as Victoria Starfield, has made a decision to quit, after failing to save two kids from suicide and being blamed for it. It flushes out her vulnerability and her uncertainty about the future, even though she's already dead, she just wants to go and bury herself away inside her casket and forget about everything.
5. your best and worst experience in this job
I really haven't had any bad experience, but my best is being supported by family and other amazing artists like Dave Ryan and Peter Palmiotti, that's something that means a lot to me.
6. an advice for new writers and artist
Draw, color, write when ever you can, 24 hours. Watch movies, study comics, anatomy, listen to how people talk in the real world, all this helps in developing your skills. Nobody becomes anything great overnight, it takes years of dedication, even with talent, there's still so much to learn from others. Just do it, If you really love it, you will not feel you have to force yourself.
7. projects in the future
I'm working on a project called Fiendy with letterer David Paul and also another comic called the Humorville Hillarrions which will probably have a line style close to the comic Bone.
8. do you know something about colombian comic books?
Not at the moment, but like a said, there's always things to learn and know about.
