The fall 2018 edition of SVA Style is now in print and has been released into the wild. One new feature spotlight we've rolled out is the "My First…" series, a look at a seminal piece of art in the life of one of our many creators. In this edition, the Visual Arts Press' Sheilah Ledwidge talked to Nathan Fox, an alumnus (MFA 2002 Illustration as Visual Essay) illustrator; comic book artist, storyteller, and Chair of the MFA Visual Narrative Department. Fox, who confesses an early addiction to cartoons, commercials, and video games, has since had, in his words, "a lifelong obsession with all forms of narrative art." Fox has worked on projects with filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), illustrated comics such as Collective Punishment, Harley Quinn, Detective Comics, and has had works published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Entertainment Weekly, and many more.

His most recent work is the celebrated graphic novel series The Weatherman for Image Comics, a collaboration with writer Jody LeHeup. Fox's first comic, an influential one, was Conan The Barbarian. Here's Nathan on Conan.

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“It got me through the storm and introduced me to a whole new art form.”