Joshua Banker
My inspirations come from a wide range of media influences that I had to good fortune to experience in my lifetime. I used to consume a lot of media, including movies, music and TV shows in my youth and it shows in what I like to write.
In my childhood, I grew up with Godzilla movies, Robotech and Lord of the Rings. In the 80s, it was comic books (Avengers, X-Men, Batman and the Justice League) and pulp sci-fi and horror (Lovecraft, Howard, Clark Ashton Smith). In the 90s, it was role-playing video games which introduced me to steampunk and diesel-punk. I've always had a healthy love of sci-fi, probably stemming from the likes of Dune, Blade Runner and Alien.
When listening to music, I like to imagine the songs as movie soundtrack, where the emotions elicited from the arrangements aid to create specific scenes in my mind. This is probably why I listen to so much music when I write.
In terms of people who I love as creators, I can point to the likes of Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, Bryan Fuller, Bill Sienkiewicz and Alex Ross. These are people with unique imaginations or distinct visual/narrative identities that I find truly exciting.
In my childhood, I grew up with Godzilla movies, Robotech and Lord of the Rings. In the 80s, it was comic books (Avengers, X-Men, Batman and the Justice League) and pulp sci-fi and horror (Lovecraft, Howard, Clark Ashton Smith). In the 90s, it was role-playing video games which introduced me to steampunk and diesel-punk. I've always had a healthy love of sci-fi, probably stemming from the likes of Dune, Blade Runner and Alien.
When listening to music, I like to imagine the songs as movie soundtrack, where the emotions elicited from the arrangements aid to create specific scenes in my mind. This is probably why I listen to so much music when I write.
In terms of people who I love as creators, I can point to the likes of Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, Bryan Fuller, Bill Sienkiewicz and Alex Ross. These are people with unique imaginations or distinct visual/narrative identities that I find truly exciting.
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Feb 18, 2018 08:26PM · flag