Eric Wight, the creator of the newly announced Tokyopop title My Dead Girlfriend, is a different sort of TV cartoonist: he draws the comics supposedly done by a character in The O.C., and he also did a mock 1941 comic for another show, Six Feet Under. Wight explains the new book to Wizard Universe:
My Dead Girlfriend is about a boy named Finney who lives in a world of horror–literally. His family members are ghosts, his classmates are monsters and he’s the most normal kid in town, which makes him a complete outcast. Then, along comes Jenny. [She is] smart, beautiful and totally into Finney. Only problem is, she’s kind of dead. So it’s about seeing how far Finney is willing to go to be with the girl of his dreams, despite their corporeal differences.
But it’s all about not fitting in, he says. Speaking of fitting in, he waxes enthusiastic about Tokyopop and adds this:
My drawing style for My Dead Girlfriend is very Western and has an animated look to it, but the pacing and the way many of the individual panels are laid out are very inspired by manga. It’s truly a visual hybrid of East meets West.
Wight also talks about his TV gig, the animated cartoon he does for Verizon, and his work on Justice League of America #0, which shows just how versatile he can be.
