Stan Lee & Jenette Kahn at Temple University
Stan Lee and Jenette Kahn discuss Marvel Comics’ expansion into multimedia projects in a 1978 Q&A at Philadelphia’s Temple University. Continue reading
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
