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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.
Art Young, To Laugh That We May Not Weep: A Conversation with Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young
Researching and compiling one of the very best under-recognized cartoonists.
Len Wein: 1948-2017
The life of the prolific and influential comics writer and editor, who co-created Wolverine and Swamp Thing.
Richard Kyle in Retrospect
Reflections on a comics critic, publisher and retailer, along with an unpublished interview.
This Week’s Comics (9/6/17)
Strictly a consumer guide.
Through the Mirror
Late in life, Jack Kirby returned to his youth. After a long, distinguished career he drew his first unequivocally autobiographical story, “Street Code”, in 1983.
Yoe Books: A Disservice to Comics History
We are at peak reprint. Because of this, the only worthwhile publishing projects reissuing old comic strips or books need to be either uncovering hidden gems and critical missing links to bygone eras, or repackaging material in a way that makes it more historically relevant or capital-I “Important.” Craig Yoe does neither. The hardcovers discharged… Read more »
The True History of Eustace Tilley
…And of Other Fictional and Nonfictional “Characters” at The New Yorker
Non ho sonno.
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