Jeramy Hobbs and Jacob Warren Talk – TRASH #2.

Now after all the excitement and fanfare of this year’s 1^st quarter convention season simmers down, I reflect on the finer interviews I had the pleasure of witnessing. You may remember Last summer I wrote an article about an aspiring writer and artist team – Jeramy Hobbs and Jacob Warren; their Brainchild is affectionately titled TRASH (a Term of endearment I assure you). The work is far from anything even resembling TRASH.

Jeramy Hobbs and Jacob Warren's TRASH revisited.

 

Now keep seated, I have some back-story at to how this and all the corresponding interviews “almost” did not happen…you see typically, I like to read and research the work of the artist or writer before I conduct the interview. Unfortunately or fortunately (you be the judge), the night prior I hung out with a crazy bunch of guys (Larry Watts, Patrick Sessoms, James Whynot – “The Party Messiah,” Banky- BankyOne, and the entire Acomic Shop crew) who loves to party apparently all the time.

After a regimen of courage that would be enough to subdue ten elephants, we made our way back to the hotel where James “Mr. party Messiah” himself challenged ever and anyone to a brawl in WWE wrestling fashion…only a few brave souls challenged him, the rest of us simply wanted to crash because we were already feeling the burn.

Suffice to say after a night like that, I was wasted…I felt as useful as a ripped condom…(for those of you confused, that means I had a Blast) With 3 hours sleep, red-eyed, I managed to slug myself to the convention center to interview these fine gentlemen.

The Night after the interview (I did not party) I read their “mega log” of a comic book (Jeramy jokes “It takes me 4 hours to draw one of Jacob’s sentences”… on a serious note, the prime focus according to Jacob is to be able to tell a story accurately without taking short cuts). It is their standard 24-25 pages, however, each page is saturated with emotionally charged dialog and rich pencils, and it’s like reading the cool cousin of a novel, “all the rewards without endless hours of sacrifice.” You can still read this book, enjoy it, and amazingly still have time for a social life (and evidently by the activities I just mentioned it seems like no one party’s as hard as a comic geek squad – we’re like untrained caged beast).

TRASH has been getting tons of great feedback not only from people like myself but from convention goers as well. Jacob jokingly says, “With all the positive feedback we’ve received, I’m just waiting to hear someone say – this sucks!” The story is surreal in its presentation, yet, it paints a lucid picture of the daily struggles we all face, it throws the average group of people in a not so average situation, and steers you and the character down deep into their minds as they attempt to cope with a tragic and horrendous event. This story is not about heroes. It’s about the average blood and bones person, that’s thrown into a situation that forces them to choose the course that best serves more than their own bases desires…and it that moment they possibly touch heroism. The story depicts what tragic events do, not only to the victim, but also to the entire community as a whole.

Of all the many points I can highlight, the element I really like about this book is that I can’t explain it in words without writing an entire book myself to explain the simplistic genius of each event that is currently taking place in the world of these characters. Jacob eloquently coined two terms that give you a glimpse into the rough terrain that is this story “Smiling through Adversity” and “Lots of Crackers and No Water.” If you are a reader looking for the story and art that launches you out of this reality faster than a surface to air missile into something amazing – then you’ve found it in TRASH. It’s well worth your time and money, the characters are as alive as you and me or at least you will believe them to be.

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-Awesome Read guys…. wishing you the best in taking this world by storm.

SuperCon’s Finest, An Interview With Creator Jeramy Hobbs…”Lets Talk TRASH!”

While trolling the isles and reviewing some of the fine works and talents at SuperCon this past summer, I almost neglected a young talent that exist right in our very own Indy Comic Creators Worldwide(ICCW) membership, Jeramy Hobbs. I’ve heard Jeramy’s name  in passing, but had no idea that his work was of such high quality, the art is classic Grunge and Punk mixed into a glue of current social elements…elements that affect or have affected almost every American within recent years. 

SuperCon's Finest, An Interview With Creator Jeramy Hobbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1xBQERGeKU

The story of  TRASH is one that is all-consuming, the characters are rich in genuine personality(which most stories lack), you will be able to relate to one or more of these characters…you will be able to feel the sincerity in the pencils as well as the storytelling.  The story has a masterful introduction of the cast members, an introduction reminiscent of classic freeze frame motion pictures, which is ironic since this is a comic book.

Jeramy Hobbs creator of TRASH.

The book is more than just panel after panel of meaningless art, the art complements the story; and what a story it is. Unlike many books that infuse the page with tons of art and leave you wanting more story, each page is stuff ed with literary nuggets that are bound leave you wanting more. If there is one book worth reading this year, I say it is Jeramy Hobbs, TRASH!