Emerald City Comic Con Spotlight: Myisha Haynes

It’s still Saturday, and I’m still walking through artist alley. It’s later in the evening now, so there are significantly fewer people. I find my way to Myisha Haynes’ table. I had seen Myisha at the Black Heroes Matter panel the day before hosted by The Blerd Gurl, where she talked about the freedom of creating a webcomic. She was kind enough to grant me an interview. Morgan: What is your background in illustration? Myisha Haynes: I’ve been drawing probably since I was little, like five or so, but I only really started drawing comics professionally. I went to college for visual development, like concept art, and then I got into the game industry and I did art for games and still do, that’s actually my full-time job. But in terms of comics, I’ve only started doing that very recently, like maybe two or three years ago with my first web-comic. M: So your first webcomic was The Substitutes? MH: Yes. I’ve done some small projects for friends and stuff but in terms of a big long form comic, this is the first one I’ve done. M: Describe your process of producing The Substitutes. MH: Because I work full time, I only have time to do it every two weeks because it takes me about I would say, like a couple of days to fully thumbnail, pencil, ink, color, and letter a page. So since I’m doing everything myself, it takes a little bit longer. M: Have you worked on any projects with anyone else? MH: Yes, I’ve worked with Greg Thelen on Amanda Green, and I’ve done a few issues of Marvel’s Gwe…