Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘The Island’

January 31, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Books & Comics 0

Review Fix chats with “The Island” creator Diego Guerra, who discusses the origins and influences of his webcomic.

About “The Island”:

After a war, Anant, an Indian scientist, arrives at an apparently deserted island in New England Coast. There he finds two sisters, Pamela and Janice, and Peony Hill, a ghost town full of stray cats. The three become in a love triangle, and they face many enemies from different sources. 

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Review Fix: What inspired this comic?

Diego Guerra: Well, last year we heard a lot in the media about a possible new World War. Probably more than ever. And I was thinking, “What could happen if the USA and Russia fall down, what would be the new world order?”  That, and, I think I always wanted to tell a story about some kind of love triangle between a boy and two sisters.

Review Fix: How is it different from your previous work?

Guerra: I always worked for printed comics or animation for TV and movies. In both cases, there’s a great distance between you and the audience. But The Island is a webcomic, my first one, And you can get an immediate feedback from the audience in webcomics, it’s like “making comics just in front of the people”. Readers comment a lot, give you good vibes, critiques, they make jokes about the situations told in the webcomic. You feel that the audience are real people, you even feel they’re your friends. And that’s awesome.

Review Fix: What makes this comic special?

Guerra: It’s a Post Apocalypse adventure told from a completely original point of view. Action, romance, comedy, and tragedy mixed as never before I think.

Review Fix: What creators do you think have influenced you the most?

Guerra: Milo Manara, Mark Schultz, and Jaime Hernandez, among many others.

Review Fix: How do you want it to be remembered?

Guerra: As a 21st-century comic, with storytelling elements from the classic comic Strips of the past, telling a story about the future. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Guerra: The Island is just beginning. I’m finishing the first Act, I’m looking forward to making four more acts, like an ancient Shakespeare Play.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Guerra: Please, read The Island, help me avoid World War III. Webcomics are the future.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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