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Vess discusses the origins and creation of the Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth graphic novel, explaining how his love of Scotland inspired him to set the story there and how the Hellfire Club came to serve as villains. He talks about incorporating Mary Jane at Marvel's request, his cinematic approach to color and shadow informed by classic film noir, his environmental/ecological themes, and his ongoing collaboration with Rob Walton on the Nordic saga Skade.

In part two of his interview, Vess discusses his artistic influences (Hal Foster, Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth), his work on Sandman #19 staging A Midsummer Night's Dream for the real Oberon and Titania, and upcoming projects including Books of Magic #3 for DC, the dark Nordic graphic novel Skade for a French publisher, and Macbeth for Classics Illustrated.

Features a formal joint statement by Terry Austin, John Byrne, Howard Chaykin, Jay Muth, Trina Robbins, Craig Russell, Alex Toth, and Charles Vess, threatening legal action against Innovation Comics publisher David Campiti for falsely advertising them as contributors to his line; a letter disputes DAK's comics rating-system questionnaire; a third laments the cancellation of the JLA/Avengers crossover project.