We Talked to Weird Al Yankovic About His New Graphic Novel—and Star Wars
io9 Yeah. I really got the sense going through the book that everybody’s style is so different, almost on purpose. What can you say about the wide variety of styles?Well, that’s something that we also kept in mind. Like my albums, I try to hit as many genres as possible. And I wanted this book to represent as many styles as possible. So that was something—maybe like not the most important consideration, but I think Josh and I both were looking toward.
One of them I had to get was this guy, Tim Leong. Tim I knew for years, he was the art director at Complex and Entertainment Weekly and he dissected “Like a Surgeon” into a grid, almost like an infographic. It was something that I pushed on the project because I was like it’s going to look wildly different from Bill Plympton, right? It was different than Peter Bagge.
io9: Pivoting off the book a little bit, Al, I really enjoyed your movie and was very excited to see Critics Choice recognize it with a few awards. What’s it been like to see it come out and has this release had an impact on your album sales or anything like that? What’s been the aftermath of it?I don’t know if I gave myself a Yankovic Bump. [Laughs] I’m not sure. I mean, it’s personally been a big thrill for me.
io9: And my last thing, my all-time favorite Weird Al song is “The Rye or the Kaiser,” because I’m also a bigfan. I feel like it doesn’t get the love that it deserves.
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