Am I correct in assuming that the sorcerer Crawley is a stand-in for Aleister Crowley?
Yes, you are correct. I have chosen to use Aleister in his tabloid-baiting “Wickedest Man in the World” persona. But unlike writers like Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, etc, I don’t have that much regard for him. It all seems a bit silly when you’re no longer a teenager. Crowley was a brilliant occultist and opportunist, but as a human being, he was a dismal failure. He was also quite mistaken in his final understanding of the nature of reality. He was never able to dis-identify with his ego and ‘cross the Abyss’. I tend to prefer the other major British magician, Tommy Cooper. Q: In some ways Fever has a much more straightforward or linear storyline than, say, your work in Solo or Rogan Gosh, despite the spiders and supernatural elements. Do you see this as being separate or different from your past comics projects because of that? This is a Marvel Comic, so I think I should try something different, but keep it within mainstream sensibilities. I’d like it to appeal to as wide an audien
Yes, you are correct. I have chosen to use Aleister in his tabloid-baiting “Wickedest Man in the World” persona. But unlike writers like Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, etc, I don’t have that much regard for him. It all seems a bit silly when you’re no longer a teenager. Crowley was a brilliant occultist and opportunist, but as a human being, he was a dismal failure. He was also quite mistaken in his final understanding of the nature of reality. He was never able to dis-identify with his ego and ‘cross the Abyss’. I tend to prefer the other major British magician, Tommy Cooper. Q: In some ways Fever has a much more straightforward or linear storyline than, say, your work in Solo or Rogan Gosh, despite the spiders and supernatural elements. Do you see this as being separate or different from your past comics projects because of that? This is a Marvel Comic, so I think I should try something different, but keep it within mainstream sensibilities. I’d like it to appeal to as wide an audien
