Will Volley studied illustration at the University of Brighton before working as a storyboard artist in London. His graphic short story The Seagull was published in the anthology Negative Burn by Image comics for whom he has pencilled and inked stories by Phil Hester (The Atheist) and collaborated with artist John McCrea. For Classical Comics, he has drawn graphic novel adaptations of J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which won the Association of Educational Publishers’ Distinguished Achievements Award in 2009 and was turned into an interactive comic animation.
Volley’s many influences include the comic book creators Will Eisner, David Mazzucchelli and David Lloyd, the playwrights David Mamet and Harold Pinter, the filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, and the novelists Honore de Balzac and Emile Zola.
The Opportunity was published by Myriad in March 2016. Will lives in Worthing.
Interviews and Features
Interview with East End Review
‘Comics artist Will Volley may have the perfect pitch for his new graphic novel – selling door-to-door.’ Read this interview with Will Volley by Ellie Broughton in the East End Review.
Interview with the Herald
‘I always loved drawing from a young age… Nothing gives me more pleasure than gazing at a well drawn/constructed comic-book page. Drawings can both convey and evoke strong emotions, more so than photographs, I find, so add to that the fact that the drawings interact with words to tell a story, and you have a unique art form, a visual poetry.’
Will Volley talks graphic novels, door-to-door selling and Daredevil in this interview with Teddy Jamieson at the Herald.
Director's Commentary for Forbidden Planet
‘Writing and drawing a graphic novel is a perfect vehicle for self-expression. I wanted to put my heart and soul in to the book, channelling my own feelings and frustrations through the protagonist…’
Read Will’s Director’s Commentary on his debut graphic novel, The Opportunity, for Forbidden Planet International.