Marie Severin was born into a family of artists, and she made friendships in comics that have lasted a lifetime. She colored the horror, science fiction, and war comics of the legendary EC line, and spent thirty years working for Marvel Comics, doing everything from production and coloring to penciling, inking, and art direction. This loving tribute contains revealing and often amusing insights of her close friends including Stan Lee, Al Feldstein, Roy Thomas, John Romita, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Tony Isabella, Gene Colan, Jim Mooney, Joe Sinnott, Mark Evanier, and David Anthony Kraft, plus an extensive commentary by Marie herself.
(W) Roger Ash, Eric Nolan-Weathington (A) Mike Ploog In the 1970s, horror comics were huge - and no one drew werewolves, swamp creatures, and demonic motorcyclists better than Mike Ploog! Ploog endeared himself to comics fans with his creepy yet beautiful artwork on such titles as Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, and Man-Thing. This book features a career-spanning interview and discussion of the artist's creative process, complete with both rare and unseen art, including an enormous gallery of commissioned work, and an 8-page color section.
(W) Eric Nolen-Weathington (A) Mark Buckingham From his early days drawing Miracleman, to his work on Death and Fables, Mark Buckingham entertained and amazed with a style that is both charming and sophisticated. Eric Nolen-Weathington explores the world of this master storyteller and designer. This book features a career-spanning interview with the artist, a discussion of his creative process, and reams of rare and unseen art!
(W) Eric Nolen-Weathington (A) Guy Davis Underlying the eerie quality of Guy Davis" artwork is a remarkable sense of storytelling. From his breakthrough hit Baker Street to the pulp noir Sandman Mystery Theater to his current work on B.P.R.D., Davis and shown time and again that he is one of the best at mastering the macabre. Examine Davis" body of work through a career-spanning interview, a discussion of the creative process, and rare and unseen artwork.
(A) Jeff Smith (A) Eric Nolen-Weathington At the age of nine, Jeff Smith dreamt up a cute, little character he named Fone Bone. More than a decade later, Bone became a smashing success, rocketing Smith to a level few independent cartoonists achieve. Published worldwide and winner of countless awards, Bone could have been a career unto itself, but Jeff Smith didn't rest on his laurels. Modern Masters: Jeff Smith explores his career through an interview with the artist, a discussion of his creative process, and mountains of rare and unseen art, including a huge gallery of commissioned pieces, plus 8 pages of full color work.
(W) Eric Nolen-Weathington (A) Frazer Irving From his earliest work in Britain's 2000AD to his contributions with Wildstorm, Dark Horse, and Marvel Comics, and finally to his recent Batman work for DC Comics, Frazer Irving has been one of Comics' top artists of the moody and the macabre. When not performing with his London-based band, this true Modern Master is hard at work redefining and challenging the boundaries of comic art with his innovative digital techniques and style. Irving's career is profiled through an exhaustive interview with the artist, where he outlines his creative process, and presents reams of rare and unseen art, including a gallery of commissioned pieces, and a full-color gallery of his work.
Eric Powell is a sick, sick man. Sick, but brilliant. How else would he have been able to come up with a concept like The Goon - a smarter-than-he-looks brute raised by carnies, who runs the city's underworld while protecting it from being overrun by zombies? Through a career-spanning interview and heaps of fantastic artwork, including rare and unseen treasures from Powell's personal files, this book documents his amazing career and details his creative process, it even includes a gallery of commissioned pieces in full-color. [(W) Eric Nolen-Weathington (A/CA) Eric Powell]
Plugged In features interviews with comics greats Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas and Elliot S! Maggin who speak candidly about the early days of Atari along with comics pros Jimmy Palmiotti, Chris Bachalo, Mike Deodato, Joshua Ortega, and Rick Remender discussing their work on the current generation video game hits! There are interviews with other artists and writers who made the leap to working in video games full time, including an in-depth interview with Trent Kaniuga (CreeD) about working as one of the architects of the long awaited Diablo III!
