Mack White, September 12th, 2023

The 366th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 at 7pm.

Mack White: The Creative Process

The origin of ideas, and how a single idea can mushroom into a story. Often, because comics as a medium is visual, the creative process begins with an image. But because comics also include words, it can begin with words, even one word. Many times, the title comes first, then the story. The process is a little different each time, but the end is always the same: a comic story.

Mack White was born in 1952 in Mineral Wells, Texas, and is a lifelong resident of the state. His first mini-comics were published in the 1980s. Later his work was published in numerous anthologies, including Buzz, Snake Eyes, and Hotwire. In 2016, his series (in collaboration with author Mike Kirby) Texas Tales Illustrated won the Will Rogers Medallion Award, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Award, and the San Antonio Conservation Society Award. His books include The Mutant Book of the Dead, Villa of the Mysteries 1-3, and the upcoming Bison Bill's Weird West.