OCTAVIO ZAYA: When did you first draw a Navistar truck? What made you do it? Was it the first time you got interested in trucks or had you already drawn or painted others?

ABDUL VAS: I think it was in 2002, when I again saw the movie that I had forgotten, “Maximum Overdrive”, by Stephen King. In it, the trucks wanted to take complete control over Planet Earth. What motivated me was that the International Navistars had been used on some of AC/DC's tours to transport their stages in America, and that AC/DC had provided the sound track for the movie. Everything fell into place to get me obsessed with these trucks, and to make the first Navistar controlled by AC/DC.

O.Z.: The film was also the first and only one that King had directed. As you know, it was based on one of his first stories, "Trucks", and it was nominated for the "Worst Director" award in 1987, and then in 1988 for "Best Picture" at the International Fantasy Film Awards. Now it's a cult film with unconditional fans, as I suppose you are. From what you say, do you think that the trucks you drew always had anthropomorphic elements and the ability to operate as independent beings? Or were you obsessed by the possibility of working out situations or scenes of power and desire controlled by AC/DC? In other words, do you regard the trucks as simple projections of AC/DC? Aside from being Stephen King's favorite group, it hardly needs saying that the band's presence in your work is well beyond prominent.

A.V.: Yes, the film was harshly treated by the critics. Not even AC/DC's American “Who Made Who” world tour did justice to it, though the film helped the tour to sell out in record time, and the tour made more fans familiar with the film—thanks to the powerful single Who Made Who. I'm a huge fan of Trucks—for me it was a gateway to absolute power! [...]

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