And I named him the Badger because in Madison, Wisconsin (where we come from) it’s badger this, badger that, badger liquors, badger pub. The Minds of Billy Milligan was one of the first serious studies of multiple personalities, so I decided to use that as a hook to hang the character on. I had been reading The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keys (he also wrote Flowers for Algernon). And I thought, why would anybody put on a costume and fight crime, they would have to be crazy. I took that and I said “Boys, I got this druid comic,” and Milt ( Griepp) said, “We don’t want a druid, give us costumed crime fighter”. So we did this 10 page story about this nasty Druid wizard in the 6th century who was so obnoxious that the other druids took up a collection to pay some Vikings to drop him off the edge of the world. So I said, “What do you want to draw?” And he said "I want to draw Druids". Mike Baron: We had just sold Nexus to Capital Comics and so I said, “Listen guys, I would like to get something else going”, and I had been working with Jeff Butler.
So let’s start out with, just briefly, what’s the backstory on the Badger? How did you come up with this character? Neil Greenaway: We are sitting at Fort Collins Comic Con speaking with Mike Baron, creator of the Badger, and today we are going to discuss his new series through Devils Due/First.
Baron has also written numerous mainstream characters, most notably DC’s The Flash, Marvel’s The Punisher, and several Star Wars adaptations for Dark Horse. A prolific creator, Mike is responsible for The Badger, Ginger Fox, Spyke, Feud, and many other comic book titles. Mike Baron broke into comics in 1981 with Nexus, his groundbreaking science fiction title co-created with illustrator Steve Rude the series garnered numerous honors, including Eisners for both creators.
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