The Len Wein Interview
In this 1979 interview, Len Wein talks about working for Marvel and DC, what it means for storytelling when fans instead of professional writers take over; balancing commercial considerations with creative ones; the origins of Swamp Thing; the thought process behind superhero team-ups like X-Men and The Defenders’ how he writes Batman, the Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, and much more. Continue reading
One Picture Does Not A Comic Make
In his review of Masters of Comic Book Art from The Comics Journal #49 (August 1979), Kim Thompson makes a distinction between illustration and sequential comic art. Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 44, January 1979
Featuring an interview with Marv Wolfman; an essay by Marilyn Bethke; Jim Korkis on animation. Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 45, March 1979
Featuring an interview with Joe Staton; reviews of Doonesbury, Batman, and the Superman movie; an essay on German comics. Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 46, May 1979
Featuring an interview with Will Eisner; reviews of Superman and Jack C. Harris’s Wonder Woman; an essay on X-Men. Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 47, July 1979
Featuring an interview with Will Eisner; a review of Steve Englehart. Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 48, August 1979
Featuring interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Len Wein, and Kenneth Smith; Pierce Askegren on Harlan Ellison; a glimpse at the British Underground comics Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 50, October 1979
Featuring an interview with Chris Claremont; a review by Dwight Decker; a look at the life cycle of comics. Continue reading
