Scott Thompson is an actor and comedian who is best known as one of the founding members of The Kids in the Hall where he played such characters as Buddy Cole, Francesca Fiore, Queen Elizabeth II, secretary Cathy, and many others. Their latest series, Death Comes to Town, is currently running on IFC. Now, he brings one of his other KITH characters, businessman Danny Husk, to comics in Danny Husk: The Hollow Planet with Frozen Beach Studio’s Stephan Nilson and artist Kyle Morton. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently spoke with Scott to learn more about the book.
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Arvid Nelson is the creator of Zero Killer and has written such books as Rex Mundi, Kull, and Red Sonja. This month, he turns to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter in Dynamite’s Warlord of Mars. Westfield’s Roger Ash contacted Nelson to learn more about this book.
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Karl Kesel is the popular writer and artist who has work on such books as Marvel’s Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip, Marvel Apes, Fantastic Four, and DC’s Harley Quinn. This month he writes Marvel’s Captain America: Patriot, a miniseries illustrated by Mitch Breitweiser that stars Jeff Mace as Captain America. Westfield’s Roger Ash contacted Kesel to learn more about this project.
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Bruce Canwell is the Associate Editor of the Library of American Comics who, through IDW, have brought us such outstanding collections as the Bloom County: The Complete Library, the Complete Little Orphan Annie, the Complete Terry and the Pirates, the Family Circus Library, and many others. This month, they begin their collection of the classic comic strip, Chic Young’s Blondie. Westfield’s Roger Ash contacted Canwell to learn more about this volume.
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Author, editor, and Westfield columnist Bob Greenberger has worked on such books as the Hellboy II: The Golden Army adaptation, Predator: Flesh & Blood (with Michael Jan Friedman), the Essential Batman Encyclopedia, and Wonder Woman: Amazon, Hero, Icon. This month, he and co-author Martin Pasko bring us the Essential Superman Encyclopedia. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently contacted Bob to learn more about this book.
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Comic fans know and love the artwork and storytelling of Alex Ross from such books as DC’s Kingdom Come, Marvel’s The Torch, Dynamite’s Black Terror, and many, many more books. Scott Beatty is the writer of such popular books as DC’s Joker: Last Laugh and Countdown, Dynamite’s Buck Rogers, and more as well. Together, they are two of the creators behind Dynamite Entertainment’s The Last Phantom. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently contacted these two creators to learn more about the book.
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Tom Taylor is a playwright and the writer of comics including DC/WildStorms’s The Authority and Dark Horse’s Star Wars: Invasion. Now, he’s writing the new Star Wars miniseries, Star Wars: Blood Ties – A Tale Of Jango And Boba Fett from Dark Horse. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently got in touch with Taylor to learn more about this series.
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Creator Ken Knudtsen has done work for Terminal Press including I Hate Zombies and Crowpsey/Rufus & Cleveland, has a story appear in the I (Heart) Marvel anthology, and more. He is possibly best known for his creation, My Monkey’s Name is Jennifer, the story of a girl and her crazy chimp, Jennifer. After an absence of a few years, Jennifer is back in a new graphic novel from SLG Publishing, My Monkey’s Name is Jennifer Vol. 2. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently caught up with Ken to learn more about this new book.
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In his career in comics, Ron Marz has written such books as Marvel’s Silver Surfer, DC’s Green Lantern and Ion, Dark Horse’s Star Wars: Darth Maul, and CrossGen’s Mystic and Scion. Recently, he has written a number of Top Cow titles, which are published by Image, including Witchblade, First Born, Angelus, and Magdalena. This month he begins Artifacts, a series that will change the Top Cow Universe. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently spoke with Ron about this series.
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Jim Shooter’s career in comics has been impressive, to say the least. His early work on DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes is fondly remember and he recently wrote a new series of Legion stories. At Marvel he wrote such books as Avengers and Secret Wars. His biggest impact at Marvel may have been his term as Editor-In Chief. After Marvel, he was publisher of Valiant Comics where he wrote Magnus and Solar; and he helped found both Defiant Comics and Broadway Comics. This month, Shooter returns to write Dark Horse’s Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom. Westfield’s Roger Ash recently contact Shooter to learn more about this book and his other upcoming Dark Horse work.
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