They include his current “Inception-meets-The X Men” tale Dream Gang and a project simply called Monster. “The film that will most give you an idea of what it is like is John Ford’s Western The Searchers.”īeyond the thundering doom and daring of Fury Road’s chase movie, McCarthy has continued his work on new comics and graphic novels. “George has spoken of it in essence, being ‘figures in motion in a landscape’. “It is basically a huge chase movie,” he said. It is around their fate the entire adventure revolves.” The artist describes the story as “stripped down” with scant dialogue and lots of action. He said: “The Five Wives are the nub of the story. Incredible craftsmanship, beautiful works of art.”įor obvious reasons, McCarthy gives little away about the plot.īut he does offer up a couple of nuggets. McCarthy said: “They are amazing, with wheels taller than me and massive hand-made chrome blowers - and they all work. There, in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth, fan-turned-co-writer McCarthy found himself among the film’s menagerie of strange vehicles. The production had to move to the Namib Desert in Africa. He has also worked with directors like Tim Burton and David Lynch.Īction scenes for the film were shot in an African desert McCarthy also developed art work for a proposed 1990s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In The Willows books, and designs for a remake of Lost in Space. He worked up the storyboards for Highlander 2: The Quickening and 1996’s Loch Ness starring Ted Danson. We met in Hollywood and I chewed his leg off about Mad Max one, two and three.”īy this time, McCarthy was creating storyboards for movies as well as illustrating comic book stories. I met Road Warrior’s producer, the late Byron Kennedy, but it was 15 years after that memorable night in Australia before I met George. “Over the years after seeing Mad Max 2 I used to write to George Miller, asking him about the films. “It was Mad Max goes surfing,” said McCarthy. After seeing Mad Max 2, he and writer Pete Milligan created the comic strip Freakwave. British comic 2000AD and US giants DC and Marvel Comics are among those he has drawn for. A cover for an early idea for a Fury Road graphic novelĪround this time, in the 80s, McCarthy was carving himself a notable career drawing for comics.
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