Today I bring you an interview with Rob Orpilla, commonly known as Kuro the Artist, a popular member of the Ben 10 fandom known for creating the
 Ben 10 and Danny Phantom crossover comic,
 5 Years Later. He also makes coloring pages, as well as merchandise with his designs on it such as t-shirts, stickers, cups and hoodies.
 
How did you get into Ben 10? Subsequently, how did you get into Danny Phantom?
I don't remember the first time I got into Danny Phantom, as it came out
 a little earlier than Ben 10 and I was relatively young. It was 
sometime during the first season as I remember a ton of the old 
commercials promoting the episodes. For Ben 10, the first episode I ever
 saw was 
A Small Problem, where Ben gets stuck in his 
Grey Matter 
transformation the entire episode.
Looking back, that was one of the 
weaker episodes, but even that was enough to get me hooked. To help 
promote the season 2 finale
 Back with A Vengeance, Cartoon Network 
aired a marathon of all the episodes that aired so far, so that is how I
 caught up. I saw every new episode when it aired since.
What gave you the idea of starting 5 Years Later?
Long story short, I wanted to produce a comic that had a more efficient 
method of editing and illustration that my previous work, and after 
drawing Danny and Ben for so long, I realized how much more there were 
to the characters than their networks have allowed them to grow, so I 
took it upon myself to give them justice. You can check out the full 
story on my YouTube video, 
39 Facts About The Danny Phantom/10 Crossover.