Buttonman

For Button Man, the first one in particular, I was consciously trying to do something different with story-telling technique and/but its popularity was unexpected. My account of the genesis of  Button Man  is in the introduction of the original 'graphic novel' version of Button Man by Kitchen Sink. I neglect to mention in it the  influence of my watching the TV series Twin Peaks had on the look of the strip. An edited version of the introduction is in latest Rebellion copy. It could be reproduced on this site if there is a demand. If it helps, the book's editor James Vance in his bit did describe this introduction as "charming". He neglected to mention how essential he had been in my putting it together. 
The process of creating Button Man was collaborative with  writer John Wagner as driver. At this distance in time I have no idea how much of what appears was scripted by John and how much I added for reasons of my own. Whether for instance alligator killing heron (pic38) was asked for or some fancy of mine

I have drawn three stories - The Killing Game, Confessions of Harry Exton,and Button Man III, Killer Killer. There is a fourth, drawn by Irving Frazer, for which, to my surprise, I was credited it's idea by John Wagner.