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Dark Horse is rolling out a fresh series for the New Year that is bound to be a hit. Issuethings as our favorite Cimmerian meets up with the fabled she-devil with a sword. Yes, it’s Conan the Barbarian and Red Sonja, co-written by Gail Simone and Jim Zub with […]

Review: Jack Cole's Deadly Horror is a spine-tingling treat4.5Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)When you think of Jack Cole, what comes to mind? The genius behind the immortal character Plastic Man, perhaps? The good girl artist for Playboy magazine? The successful cartoonist who had just landed the brass ring with a syndicated newspaper strip titled Betsy [...]

I was a big fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes as a boy (who wasn't?) and the first time I became consciously aware of an artist was when Mike Grell began to draw my favorite team. Years later, who knew I'd get a chance to talk to Mike and enjoy his great sense of humor, [...]

What is a writer? I ask that rhetorical question partially because it's something that I've seen change in my lifetime. Oh, sure, writers still use the medium of words to express herself or himself and writers are nearly always in the business of telling a story or communicating information, but what makes one? Is it [...]

Lew Sayre Schwartz was one of Bob Kane's earliest "ghost" artists and all his work was done in the Golden Age. The original Deadshot and the Red Hood are among his credits. Lew was a true gentleman and I was proud to be able to do him a couple of favors while he was still [...]

Adventure and Intrigue Begins Here with 'Ghost'4.5Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)"Starting point for new readers!" So reads the green bar at the top of Chris Sebela's Ghost, issuepencils and inks by Keith Champagne. That gorgeous cover, somewhat reminiscent of Adam Hughes, is rendered by Emanuela Lupacchino and [...]

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: What sort of reading material did you enjoy while growing up? Eric Powell: I guess like everyone else who grew up in the '80s there was a lot of Stephen King in there. Among the horror writers he was the most accessible and he was easy to find. You heard [...]

Neal talks of shaking things up at Marvel, close encounters with Bob Kanigher and Mort Weisinger and what it means to be Neal Adams. Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: Now you went over to Marvel shortly after the drug story [discussed in last week's interview], did you not? Did you prefer the Marvel Method for [...]