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at the elbows and knees. He often portrays himself as a character in his own work, in the role of "interviewer" of various comic book characters. Interviewer Daniel Best has said of his work, "If you take your comic books seriously, and think that those characters are real, then you're probably not a
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Fresh out of college, and failing to get work as a traditional comic book artist, Hembeck developed a unique artistic style based on the version of himself he used to write illustrated letters to his college friends. Hembeck used this character to conduct comedic "interviews" with Spider-Man and the
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Hembeck's stories and strips. Hembeck also contributed humor pieces to other FantaCo titles, including
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publishers. His work has frequently been published by the firms whose characters he spoofs. His characters are always drawn with
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vol. 3 #1, Hembeck drew it, in a serious art style very different from his normal cartooning look.
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