Today's Guest: George Perez, comic book artist, "Avengers," "Fantastic Four" (Back in 1976, a Connecticut newspaperman named Anthony Scialis started a comics- and science fiction-oriented fanzine he called Compass. Among its many other accomplishments, it gave a raw, 16-year-old boy from New Jersey a chance to do celebrity interviews, op-eds and general reporting. That boy... Continue Reading →
1197 Silver Age comics art never looked this good, folks! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Arlen Schumer, comic book historian, author of The Silver Age of Comic Book Art Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Arlen Schumer by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of comic book fans prone to arguing because only they can determine... Continue Reading →
Gentleman Gene Colan talks classic comic books! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Anybody who tells you that one comic book looks just like the next doesn’t know what they’re talking about. It doesn’t take much effort to tell Jack Kirby’s blocky drawings from Steve Ditko’s otherworldly stylings, for example, or, in more modern terms, the dark, detailed pencils of Frank Miller from the brighter, livelier sketches... Continue Reading →