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Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 05:18 PM
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ddevil
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Follow this link to watch the first video: interview:
http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templ ... 76&z=8
To watch the other 2 video interviews, click on the red hyperlinks below the video.
JOHN DOLMAYAN OF SYSTEM OF A DOWN UNLEASHES TORPEDO COMICS
With multi-Platinum rock band System of a Down currently on a hiatus that might last for several years, drummer John Dolmayan finally has a little time to devote to his other passion, comic books and collectibles. Dolmayan, who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada has officially launched his next endeavor, Torpedo Comics which already features over 15 million comic books, toys, graphic novels, trade paperbacks, superhero action figures and other comic book-related memorabilia, ranging in price from 99-cents to six-figures.
We caught up with John recently, who is also in the recording process of his next musical project with fellow System of a Down member Daron Malakian which is called Scars on Broadway, to get his thoughts on finally launching Torpedo Comics and having a knack for comic book collecting.
"I've been collecting Comics for well over twenty years and at a certain point I couldn't afford to buy more comics anymore, so I started selling comics you know to make money to buy new ones. I noticed that I had a knack for it and I enjoyed it. There is something cool about setting up at a convention, having no guarantees and you make sales because you're personable and you have the right prices and the right product. It kind of manifested into a little bit larger than I thought it would, but at this point we have 15 million books, original art, huge Silver Surfer statue. You name it, we got it."
Although Dolmayan houses Torpedo Comics' inventory in a just-completed 30,000-square foot warehouse in Las Vegas, NV where he now lives with a staff of 25 people that he employs, he admitted he is already in the process of looking at bigger warehouses as he looks to expand his collection. So with much of his time spent in the studio finishing the upcoming Scars on Broadway album, does he have much time to concentrate on Torpedo Comics?
"It's a labor of love for me, so the more time I spend on it the better I feel. It is really a lot of fun because you're dealing with comic books, toys, animation and it's all fun. I come in and I have a lot of great employees who work with me and it's a team effort. It isn't something that I dread you know. I wake up happy to go to work. I guess I'm lucky because I have the same experience in music that I do with Torpedo Comics."
So with the opening of Torpedo Comics, exclusively at http://www.torpedocomics.com, what are the long term goals of the project?
"We're planning on, when you have 15 million comics, inputting becomes an issue you know. It'll probably take us another year or so to get everything that we have in stock represented online. We're starting the company November 1st with a soft opening of 8 thousand items. So, it'll progress to a hundred thousand items within a year or so and it's all for sale. You know, there are always going to be different things coming in, it's just the nature of the business. You buy stuff, you put it up for sale, somebody buys it and you feel like 'Oh I didn't want to sell that!' Then you move on to the next thing."
Torpedo Comics already has a stunning collection of memorabilia which includes such rare items like Sensation Comics issue #1 (the first solo series featuring Wonder Woman), just about every key issue of Marvel and DC comics including Marvel Comics' issue #1, multiple copies of Giant Size X-Men #1, plus superhero action figures from Marvel, X-Men, Superman, and Batman titles. Torpedo Comics will also offer original comic art, created between the 1940s and the present, by some 150 different artists, including Jim Lee, Art Adams, Bernie Wrightson, and Alejandro Gaza. Currently Scars on Broadway have finished recording the first batch of songs for the album that is due to be released in 2008. Once again lending his ear and producing skills to the project is master craftsman, Rick Rubin. |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 03:29 AM
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Thank you for sharing that, AK! 
Sounds like poor Johnny has a cold or something, tho.
Really, I'm so happy for him to be able to have a job (besides drumming) that he can believe in and enjoy so much. We should all be so fortunate!
I've checked out the website since he opened. I have no personal interest in comic books, but it looks like they have their shit together. I shake my aged head in approval.
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 03:35 AM
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Cigaro
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Can I add that John looks pimpin' in the picture in that article? Because he does. I really admire him, he did such an awesome job on his dream. And like I said before, I know I'm gonna be buying a hell of a lot of shit from TC... I miss reading comics, and all my old ones were thrown out.  But thanks for posting this, AK! |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 03:37 AM
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Cigaro
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Cool,thnx for this AK  |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 04:08 AM
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| gee whiz, I didn't know rick rubin was producing scars on broadway! I feel slightly better about this whole scars on broadway business. no offense, I just wasn't super psyched but rick rubin is just the man. he's produced like 10 of my favorite bands. |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 04:18 AM
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Cigaro
Joined: Aug 23, 2005
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Location: People's Republic of Malakia
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^^And so the cat's finally out of the bag about Rick and Scars. Good!
Thanks for the interview and video links, AK!  |
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(\_ /) This next song is about a little bunny rabbit.
(X.x) And if you don't like little bunny rabbits, then fuck you!
(> <) It's about a little bunny rabbit that we used to drink beer with,
smoke weed with, but then it overdosed on crack.
Don't smoke crack because it will kill you.
It killed the little bunny rabbit and it'll kill you too. ~Daron
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 04:57 AM
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Cigaro
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| I personally have faith in Rick, so this raised my hopes quite a bit. Good to hear. |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 05:03 AM
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Needle
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that´s interesting news .... and there are so few , anyway .
thx for sharing , AK ! |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 05:40 AM
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Dart
Joined: May 12, 2004
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| Rick Motherfuckin Rubin fuck yea. I feel exactly the same way you do seanstermonster. |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 06:29 AM
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Joined: Jul 19, 2007
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| Thanks for posting that |
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I hate you, I hate everybody, everyone should die - Daron
Serj writes slow songs, they're pretty - Daron
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Posted: Nov 14, 2007 - 12:47 AM
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Dart
Joined: May 12, 2004
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| Wait, I must have jumped to conclusions, where does it say that Rick Rubin will be producing the album? |
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Once again This Song About Nothing !
-- Daron in Live Aerials Intro
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