Episode 155: Stephen R. Bissette

André chats with a true legend in bringing horror concepts to modern comics and someone who has given him one of his all time favorite moments on the printed page.

Stephen R. Bissette is a visionary comic artist and educator best known for his transformative work on DC’s The Saga of the Swamp Thing in the 1980s. Alongside writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben, Bissette’s intricate, organic art style and experimental layouts redefined the horror genre, helping co-create the iconic character John Constantine. A graduate of the first class of the Joe Kubert School, he became a fierce advocate for creator rights and a pioneer of independent publishing through his horror anthology Taboo. Bissette later became a respected scholar and instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies, leaving a lasting legacy as a master of atmospheric, sophisticated storytelling.

Stephen talks about how his love of dinosaurs led him to comics, his lost relationship with Alan Moore, giving back to the industry through teaching and his deep love of a Canadian horror classic!