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A lively, humor-filled joint interview conducted at the 1988 San Diego Comic-Con, tracing both creators' paths from Oregon-area fandom through film work and back to comics. Verheiden discusses his original story approach for the Aliens six-issue mini-series (not an adaptation of the films), his plans for a contemporary Phantom series set in modern Africa, and The American ongoing series; Nelson describes his background teaching art at Northern Illinois University, his "funny animal" typecasting problem, the development of Aliens, and upcoming plans for Silverwing and Empire of the Dinosaur.