And now, ace reporter/comedian Josh Gibbs brings you the exclusive interview with the creator and destructor of Sparky’s Realm, Filip “Sparky” Lovely. Josh: Hey man. Whattup. Fil: Hey hey hey. Nuttin much. Just reclining in mah lazyboy smoking a cigar. Josh: So Fil, tell us about you and Monica Lewinsky. The public deserves to know. Fil: Ahaha. What can I say? I just couldn’t keep our relationship secret any longer. She was simply too good at blowjobs. Josh: You could've been a bit more subtle there. Maybe something like "The broad just keeps coming back. The unflushable presidential aid." But whatever. So tell me, young master Lovely. What was it that drove you over the edge? Made you finish the whole thing? Why did you end Sparky’s Realm? I freaking loved it mang. Fil: I had to end it. There were multiple reasons. One, while most of it was fictional, a lot of it was based around my life and what was going on in it. Recent cataclysmic events mean that it would have to be changed ridiculously or just scrapped. I chose to scrap it. And also, Campbell Simpson was still one of my main characters. I haven’t seen that guy for like, two years. J: *distracted, reading porn* Yeah, fuck that guy. J: Anyway, back to your comic thingy. F: Another one was the place it was on. Sitdiary was cute and all, but it’s a secluded little emo weblog society that could never have taken me anywhere. Half the time the site wasn’t even available! I believe that Sparky’s Realm could become huge, but not here. I need my own site, or at least move to a more reliable provider such as freewebs, or livejournal. I want to do it like a professional, and while on Sitdiary, I didn’t feel like one. J: Kay, that’s coo. What’s gonna happen now? F: I’m making a whole new comic from scratch. I’m aiming for the skies with this one. It’s gonna be a webcomic about life, love, sex, music, movies, and the occasional videogame. It’s about rocking out. It’s about enjoying everything you can. It’ll have something to say, but will always be ready to engage in outright craziness, classic Fil-style. J: Wow, sounds big. It’s a comedy, right? F: Hell yeah. Sparky’s Realm was a comedy, and I loved every second of writing and drawing it. Now I’m really refining my writing style and preparing to give the world my sense of humour. It’s gonna be nuts like cashew sauce. J: Is it a gaming webcomic? F: Hell no. That’s just one very small part of it. J: Has it got a rating? F: It’ll probably hit PG13+. I was gonna go for R18+, but I’m just too timid for that. I was like eighteen years old before I got laid. J: So what can we expect from the new comic? F: Japanese Anime Porn. That’s right, Hentai porn. Shitloads of hentai porn. J: Riiight. Seriously? F: Seriously, yes. But also, no. I don’t want to ruin the surprises I’ve got in store for you, but you can expect a totally new universe: new characters, new settings, new everything. I’m going to try and break away from in-jokes and my life stories (but not entirely). It will become more fictional and I think this will expand my target audience a bit, and open up more places for the comic to go. It’s not going to be connected to the old comic at all. J: What about the drawings? Have you got something else cooking up? F: My style will not change, except that every strip will be in full colour. I’ve only just begun to get up my skills on this baby! J: What’s the name of the new comic? F: That’s highly classified information, soldier! J: Awww. Well, can you tell us about some of the characters? F: It’s going to revolve around two brothers, Felix and Jackson. I can say no more. J: Is that it? What about female characters? We need some vagina, man! F: Well, as there are too many important female influences in my life to give them all their own character, I’ve decided to sort of glue them all together into one super arse-kickin’ biatch. She hasn’t got a name yet, but you can expect her to be a little bit of Gracey, a little bit of Elly, a little bit of Emi, and a whoooole lotta Blowie. J: Nice. What about the old comics? Are you going to recycle any of them? Or are they forever sealed in solid malachite? F: Hmmm… that’s a tough one. I don’t really know. I was thinking about it, because there’s some great stuff in those old comics. But the new one and the old one are two very different cartoons, and I don’t know how much I’ll be able to use from the old archives. If I can, I’ll try and salvage some of the jokes and re-use them for the new audience. But you’re most likely not going to see complete comics from the old site on my new one. J: When’s it coming out man? I want it now!!! F: Gah. I’m sorry to say, but it’s coming along slower than I thought. Photoshop pisses me off, and I want to have loads of comics pumped and ready to go for a big launch. And then there’s also creating the site itself: layouts, html code, and blardy blah blah that gives me a headache. But don’t worry, I’ll keep you faithful readers with me every step of the way. And then there’s been that untimely bout of liver disease I found out I had. Gilbert’s Disease. Nothing serious, but give it a google. Heducate yo-self. J: I think SOMEONE’S having a whinge. Now to a pressing issue- how often will the comic update!? F: Whoa whoa, slow down there horsey. That’s a bit advanced thinking at this stage. I don’t know how often I can do it. I want to do them in colour but I’m a total noob at Photoshop and it takes me ages. As I get better, obviously I’ll get faster. But I prefer quality over quantity, and I know that if I set an update schedule, I’ll always be rushing them to get them out on time. And while most people are understanding, awesome dudes, there’s bound to be one greasy little nerdfan who’ll constantly hound me and email me bullshit about missing updates. So I’ll just put them up there when I get to it. I also like sleeping. J: Get a job, ya hobo. F: Working on it, mum. J: Well I think I’ve weaselled enough juicy info out of you for today. Fil lovely, it’s been a pleasure, and good luck with the future comic! F: Thanks, mun. I’ll get back to it. You stay excited now. I know I am! And here's a fuckin' brand spankin new comic with Josh in it! For purposes unknown. (actually to promote his musical outfit, Six Thinking Hats) visit at www.myspace.com/sixthinkinghats