The Carcosa Interview: Marco D’Alfonso

[dropcap1]W[/dropcap1]hile rummaging through the depths of the Internet, I first encountered Marco D’ Alfonso’s work on the website Longboxes on 22’s. This is a site that mashes hip-hop album covers and superheroes predominately. The piece I came across was the infamous Batman & Iron Man cutting the top off the Batman Begins Batmobile in homage to Kanye and Jay-Z’s “Otis” music video. I remember thinking, “this guy gets it”. He has since gone on to do work for two of the big comic publishers Marvel and DC Comics. Marco also happens to be a laid back & easy going guy as well. That being said we can now delve into this interview with the Ink Gawd himself Marco D’ Alfonso. Black Nerd Problems: Marco, I want to thank you for doing this, I will try to keep the fan boy in me on 5 instead of one hunna. The first question I gotta ask is your origin story, did you see yourself as a nerd growing up and if so, what moment gave you that realization? Marco: It’s a huge honor to answer these questions! Got to definitely thank you for checking out my work in the first place! It really means a lot! From as far back as I can remember I’ve always been surrounding myself with comics. In elementary school it was always cool to be the kid with the massive comic collection and the guy who had a little drawing ability. Things definitely changed round the age of 12 or so when puberty and hormones started to kick priorities changed and I was willing to do anything to impress the opposite sex. …