Markley’s Fevered Brain: Great Summer Reading 2011
Fighting American
Westfield’s Wayne Markley recommends some books for Summer reading, including Titan’s Fighting American, DC’s Yossel, and IDW’s Genius, Isolated.
Westfield’s Wayne Markley recommends some books for Summer reading, including Titan’s Fighting American, DC’s Yossel, and IDW’s Genius, Isolated.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: San Diego Comic Con Announcements, or Something to Look Forward To
by Wayne Markley
This year’s Comic Con 2010 in San Diego California just wrapped up and, as always, it was full of news and events. While most of the news is available on numerous comic book web sites, I thought this week I would take a moment to look at the announcements that were made about upcoming releases and discuss which ones I am looking forward to and why, and a few of which I am not looking forward to.
Interview: Bruce Canwell on IDW’s Archie Classic Newspaper Comics
Bruce Canwell is the Associate Editor of the Library of American Comics, who have produced such books as Bloom County, King Aroo, Little Orphan Annie, and Rip Kirby for IDW. This month, they bring us Archie Classic Newspaper Comics which collects strips by Archie co-creator Bob Montana. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently contacted Canwell to learn more about this book.
Mark Wheatley Interview: Frankenstein Mobster from IDW
In his career in comics, Mark Wheatley has worked on such books Jonny Quest, Breathtaker, EZ Street, Hammer of the Gods, and Mars. He and Robert Tinnell currently have a series, Lone Justice, running on ComicMix. This month, IDW is collecting his Frankenstein Mobster series. Recently, Westfield’s Roger Ash spoke with Wheatley about this new release as well as what’s coming in the future.
Westfield Comics’ site updated with new comics!
Are ya ready for new comics? Well, zip on over to the Westfield Comics site as we’ve just updated it with 1,000s of new pre-order items!
For Your Consideration: The Waiting Place GN
by Robert Greenberger
Fellow Westfield subscribers may have discovered Sean McKeever when he was writing Gravity at Marvel or later, when he did a nice run on DC’s Teen Titans . I, on the other hand, first discovered him in 2001. When attending a convention, I wander the publisher booths, seeking out interesting looking series, usually not involving spandex and super-powers. That summer, I found The Waiting Place at the Slave Labor Graphics table and bought a few issues. I was hooked by Sean’s work and bought every issue until the series ended just months later.
KC’s Bookshelf: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter
by KC Carlson
Crime comics used to be the bread and butter of the industry, long before many of us were born. Beginning in the early 1940s (although newspaper strip Dick Tracy [1931] was an important precursor), these types of stories lasted until they were driven out by crusading psychologists, crazed legislators, and wimpy publishers in the comic book witch hunts of the early 1950s. They were gory, grim, violent, wanton, and celebratory of crime and criminals. Of course, kids loved them! So they were crushed in the name of protecting the young ‘uns – covered up with the postage stamp of the Comics Code, which was your guarantee of bland comics!