“Chicken Fighter,” a comic by third-year sequential arts major Jon Mullins, will be published by Anarctic Press on July 27.Image courtesy of Jon Mullins

Name: Jonathan Mullins (Jey Odin)
Major: Sequential art
Minor: Graphic design
Class: Third-year
Hometown: New Orleans, La.

District: Tell me a bit about yourself.

Jonathan Mullins: My name is Jonathan Mullins, also known as Jey Odin.

I love action comics. I grew up watching “Dragon Ball Z” along with the entire Toonami line-up.

I remember thinking that drawing a comic and having it become a cartoon would be an awesome thing. Even though a cartoon is a far off dream of mine, I’m glad that I’m at least a step closer to having that dream come true.

District: Can you give us a general sense of the plot behind “Chicken Fighter”?

Mullins: “Chicken Fighter” is a punch in the face of pure awesome.

Johnny Mo, an awesome person, gets his girlfriend pregnant and although he is looking forward to raising a baby with her, he doesn’t want it to grow up in a town filled with giant, mutated, popped-collar, necktie-wearin’ evil chickens. He now has nine months to defeat them.

District: How did Antarctic Press find out about your “Chicken Fighter” comic?

Mullins: I drew 258 pages and before I started the last chapter, I was told by my friends that I should send it off to a couple of companies. Antarctic Press was one of them. After a week they got back to me and told me they loved it and wanted to see more.

District: Did their editors ask you to change anything from your original comic for the publication?

Mullins: The original title was called “Chicken Fight,” but they thought that it would be a good idea to call it “Chicken Fighter” for promotional reasons. It was a lot funnier, and seeing as though this comic is a comedy, I was totally on board.

District: What made you decide you wanted a career in comics?

Mullins: Well like I said earlier, Toonami was a giant influence during my childhood which solidified my decision, but I had been thinking about becoming a comic book artist ever since I saw Doug Funnie on Nickelodeon. I loved that cartoon and thought it was really cool that he drew his own comics.

District: What materials do you work with?

Mullins: I used a nib pen, a bucket of ink, a ruler for panels, Maxon paper and a program on my computer called Manga Studio for the speed lines, tones and letters.

District: Where can I find your “Chicken Fighter” comic to purchase?

Mullins: July 27 is its release date and it will be found on the Antarctic Press website.