5 Questions With Dan Schawbel

5 Questions With Dan Schawbel


Episode 263: Graham Nolan

October 29, 2023

My guest today is comic book artist and co-creator of Bane, Graham Nolan. Graham is the publisher of Compass Comics, which recently published his comic book “The Ghosts of Matecumbe Key”. We talk about how he became a comic book artist, created Bane, collaborated with Chuck Dixon, and more during this episode.



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The 5 questions I ask in this episode:



  1. What originally inspired you to become a comic book artist?

  2. How did you originally come up with Bane and what was your reaction when you saw the character in The Dark Knight Rises?

  3. Why do you think your collaborations with Chuck Dixon are so successful and how do you support each other?

  4. What types of stories have you been telling at Compass Comics that you couldn’t have told at the big publishers and why?

  5. What’s your best piece of career advice?

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