Roy Thomas
Articles
Maurice Horn, June 28, 1931 – December 30, 2022
Ambitious, pugnacious, opinionated – Maurice Horn was a massive personality in early American comics studies, an editor of behemoth tomes filled with arcana and dotted with errata. Andrew Farago memorializes this complicated talent, who died last December.
Sex and Violence Epics from Classic Mythology: Conan Meets the Queen of the Amazons
Our classically-named correspondent Matt Seneca examines two 1970s comics depicting combat in ancient times: one ‘mainstream’, full of blood and thunder; and one ‘underground’, satirical. But maybe they are more alike that it seems…
Neal Adams, 1941-2022
Remembering one of the giants of mainstream comics: among the most influential superhero stylists of the 1970s, and a committed agitator for creators’ rights.
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.
Loomings
I hadn’t read a comic book in months when I picked up The Saga of the Sub-Mariner – the single longest period of time in my entire life without reading a comic. Why did I decide to break my fast with The Saga of the Sub-Mariner?
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (12/3/14 – Raised from the Rhine)
A golden treasure of upcoming comics! I stole them – YOU buy them.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (2/27/13 – Last Century in Comics Critics!)
Be this the mark of ideals, or decay? Only critics know, and now they’re talking… FROM AN AGE BEFORE THE COMICS JOURNAL!!
SDCC 2011: 50 Years of Comic Book Fandom Panel
Mark Evanier moderates Jean Bails, Paul Levitz, Dick and Pat Lupoff, Richard Kyle, Bill Schelly, Roy Thomas and Maggie Thompson as they discuss the origins and history of comics fandom.
