Sean Peacock at Motor City Comic Con 2024 [Interview]

Catching back up with All Sorrows’ Creator/Artist Sean Peacock at November’s MC3 in Detroit

It’s been a couple of years since we first met Sean Peacock, creator of All Sorrows. Now two years on since graduating from the College for Creative Studies the artist has been extremely busy, not only working on his own projects and art but also on some intriguing upcoming new ones.

We had the chance to catch up with him at this November’s Motor City Comic Con and checked in.

Q: Can you tell us a little about what you’ve been up to over the last couple of years?

Yeah, so, a lot more comics! More art, because I’m kind of expanding my presence at these conventions and building out the All Sorrows brand a little bit. Merchandise is a part of that, too. I’ve been getting into street wear, which is a lot of fun, and printing all of that.

On the comics end of things, I just recently finished a project that I’ve been working on for a couple of years, since basically right after I graduated, that actually has a real publisher attached that you’ll be able to pick up in a comic book shop. It’s they’re supposed to announce later this month, so I can’t talk about it yet. But as soon as I’m able, I’ll be so annoying about it. Maybe even by the time this goes up I’ll be able to talk about it.

Q: Has that been the major focus of the last couple of years?

No, not the only one. I’ve got a couple other projects in process. I’ve got a self published project that I’m kind of chipping away at and some other collaborative projects. I was able to work with Shape Comics. 
I made friends with those guys, and I ended up working on the Shape Comics triple feature “Forge” short story. It was a love letter to Silver Age, Marvel Comics, Saturday morning cartoons, and was a lot of fun.

Q: Tell me a little bit about your style. You mentioned Silver Age, and in things like Peppermint Desert you have almost a retro pop style.

Yeah, I mean, I grew up on random back issues of like Silver and Bronze Age comics that my dad had laying around, so Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Jim Steranko, all these guys. My art was very informed by that. And I look up to contemporary artists who also kind of carry on in that tradition, like your Darwyn Cooks, your Chris Samnees. But then I also like to mix in a little punk rock edge to it, so splatters of ink — all in traditional inking, non-traditional inking supplies, risograph printing. I’m always looking to change things up and learn and push the style forward.

You can find out more about Peacock and his work at All Sorrows.

Photo: SideQuesting