Welcome to another edition of The Moment, an interview series on SKTCHD with a simple premise: Creators join me to talk about The Moment they knew four of their biggest projects were going to work, whether that’s creatively, commercially, or some mix of both.

This month’s episode is a special one, as legendary penciler, inker, and colorist Klaus Janson visits to share the moments he knew four comics from his career — each of which I picked — were going to work and the experiences he had on each of them and within his career. Those comics were:

• Defenders, with Len Wein, Sal Buscema, Gil Kane, and more
• Daredevil, with Frank Miller and others
• The Dark Knight Returns, with Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, and John Costanza
• The Punisher, with Mike Baron and Jim Novak

Not to play favorites, but this might be my favorite episode of The Moment yet, as Janson really takes viewers inside his 50+ year career and his heart and mind throughout that. It’s also well timed, as Janson’s career is being celebrated right now at his first ever American art show at New York City’s Phillipe Labaune Gallery. This show is running until April 11th, and between that and this year being the 40th anniversary of The Dark Knight Returns, it’s a very big year in a very big career, which we discuss in this episode.

You can watch it here or on YouTube. Oh, and while you’re at it, make sure to subscribe to the SKTCHD YouTube channel, which will be getting Shorts posted from this episode throughout the week and more in the future.

For those who prefer to read rather than watch, each episode of The Moment (and each episode of any video-first material) will come with a text version of this interview that’s been edited for clarity and is only available for SKTCHD subscribers. I hope you dig it, and hey, if you’d like to give it a read, maybe consider subscribing to SKTCHD.