Fiffe Files
Articles
An Interview with Trevor Von Eeden (Reprise)
Michel Fiffe’s groundbreaking 2009 interview with legendary artist Trevor Von Eeden, first published in The Comics Journal #298, makes its online debut.
OVERWORD 5 · Mark Gruenwald
Michel Fiffe’s OVERWORD series draws to a close with a long look at Mark Gruenwald’s impact–professional and personal.
OVERWORD 4 · Squadron Supreme & Quasar
OVERWORD RECAP 1 · TEEN TITANS – My need for colorful, clean-cut super heroics and my obsessive habit to hunt back issues in bulk met at the intersection of Wolfman & Pérez. My enthusiasm was destroyed by troubling story elements but was resuscitated by the excellent Titans Hunt storyline. 2 · JSA/ALL-STAR SQUADRON – A Roy… Read more »
OVERWORD 3 · Justice League of America
Michel Fiffe walks us down the garden path, and that garden path leads directly to an unabashed affection for Mike Sekowsky.
OVERWORD 2 · All-Star Squadron
Not everything had to be explained, and yet, paradoxically, here was Roy Thomas explaining everything, not leaving one single detail behind. This level of transparency clicked with me, and I think I know why.
OVERWORD 1 · Teen Titans
For a moment in time, the comic that mattered the most was the one with Nightwing in it. In this month’s installment of Michel Fiffe’s Files, he takes a long look back at The Teen Titans.
George Freeman
According to Fiffe, George Freeman’s got it all–but don’t let a blurb convince you. Fiffe’s got the man’s actual work here to make the case!
Baron and Messner-Loebs’ Flash
Fiffe had a Flash itch, and like any real comics fan, there’s only one true Flash: Wally West, the fastest IRS employee in the history of American taxation.
Vince Giarrano
Some people shake off their cocoon slowly, while others incinerate it in glorious, immediate flame. Michel Fiffe returns to make the case that the latter description fits Vince Giarrano.
Simonson’s Fantastic Four
Michel Fiffe’s wandering eye makes its way to the pages of Walt Simonson’s run on Marvel’s Fantastic Four.