Short interview with Rich Watson

An off the cuff short interview with Rich Watson of Comic World News at SPX (Small Press Expo, Maryland), Oct. 2004:

Table For One creator Bosch Fawstin is working on a graphic novel about Muslim terrorism. "[N]o one wants to touch that these days, and I have to. I gotta comment on it. Ever since 9/11 especially, I gotta put all my emotions and thoughts on it, into a story. It's not a [complete] story yet, but I know exactly where I wanna go. It deals with two brothers, both on either side of the whole issue. That should be out by around spring or summer of 2005, in full color." He wrote some limited commentary about 9/11 in Table , but now he wants to explore the event's repercussions and its meaning even further. "I've always been into politics and philosophy, especially philosophy; since 9/11, a little more so than ever.I want to make meaningful work, whatever it is."

Fawstin believes America should stay the course come November 2. "I think in the moment of truth, everyone will look and say, this guy [Bush] will fight the war on terror stronger than John Kerry. Right now, that's the most important thing. People think the economy's the most important thing, but without fighting the war, nothing else matters. We gotta make sure that we get them before they get us.

"The fact is that we haven't got hit since [9/11]. That's a fact that we can't overlook.I wish [Bush] was more aggressive, to be honest, but I think he'll do better than John Kerry, and to me that's the most important thing. I could agree or disagree with a lot of things he does and says, but when it comes to the war, he's the best bet." Wearing an American flag pin on his collar, he added that America's tainted perception by much of the world doesn't bother him. "They never liked us anyway, in general. Now they have a reason not to like us.Right after 9/11, they were sympathetic with us until we fought back, and all of a sudden the sympathy wasn't with us anymore. I do resent that. We refused to be a victim. I think we're the moral leader of the free world and we have to defend ourselves, in spite of what they think. They can call it whatever they want, but it is our defense. That's most important to us, and to me personally."