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 →
Disguised as Clark Kent, Danny Fingeroth can soar! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Danny Fingeroth spends a whole lot of time thinking about superheroes. For several years, he did it as the editor of the Spider-Man group of titles at Marvel Comics. Today, he’s the editor of Write Now! magazine and author of two books that go behind the four-color glory of men in tights. Already the... Continue Reading →
59 Jim Lee is one of comics all-time art heroes! INTERVIEW
Originally Published September 23, 1996 Jim Lee is sitting on a time bomb. The most second-guessed man in comic books today — and perhaps the most popular creator in the industry — just engineered the death of the Fantastic Four, the longest-running characters in the Marvel Comics Universe. Killing a comic book character isn't easy.... Continue Reading →
47 Dark Horse Comics Publisher Mike Richardson explains himself! INTERVIEW
Mike Richardson finds himself either at the end of a great tradition or the beginning of a new one. That's the lot of comic book publishers these days. Their industry is at the end of its latest 20-year cycle, with newsstand sales a thing of the past, direct sales through comic book stores on the... Continue Reading →
35 Joltin’ Joe Sinnott on inking Marvel Comics and The Beatles in 1964! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joe Sinnott, inker, Marvel Comics You have to be pretty damn good at what you do for someone to name you Joltin’. The name stuck to Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, of course, and is also part of the eternal legend of Joltin’ Joe Sinnott. Unless you’re a comic book fan, you may not know... Continue Reading →