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December 29, 2010

Shazam! Oral History of Captain Marvel continues!

Filed under: News — Jeff @ 11:08 am

I hope fans of comics and of Shazam in particular are enjoying these posts. The oral history of Captain Marvel continues over at Newsarama, with a series of articles about the World’s Mightiest Mortal that sounds a bit like a round table – - almost as if Alex Ross, Mark Waid, Elliot Maggin, myself and others were all in one room. I’ll keep putting up links as it goes…

The Fawcett Years: 1940-1954, Part One

The Fawcett Years: 1940-1954, Part Two

The Fawcett Years: 1940-1954, Part Three

And the latest thread: The Lost Years, Part One

The picture at the top is by Mike Oeming, one of my favorite artists. The articles all have new art that looks gorgeous!

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December 28, 2010

Shazam! Captain Marvel turned 70 in 2010!

Filed under: News — Jeff @ 1:56 pm

Captain Marvel, also known by his enemies as the Big Red Cheese, first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 in 1940. Just in time, Newsarama contributor Zack Smith has completed a multi-part feature article to celebrate the character’s 70th birthday.

He interviewed me and a bunch of other folks who have worked on Captain Marvel over the years. I read the articles and they are full of interesting insights and tid-bits. It’s running over the next few weeks over at Newsarama.

For your holiday reading pleasure, here is a link to:

An Oral History of Captain Marvel: The Fawcett Years, Part 1

From Zack:

“It’s a big ol’ series that has original artwork by some cool and generous people at the top of each installment, and new interviews I conducted with Chip Kidd, Mark Waid, Alex Ross, Jeff Smith, Jerry Ordway, Mike Kunkel, Elliot Maggin, Roy Thomas, Michael Uslan and (whew!) Jackson Bostwick.

Well, it’s online! The first part is up!

As it runs, the series will included ALL-NEW, NEVER-BEFORE SEEN pieces of Captain Marvel art I commissed from the following Herculean talents: Dave Dorman, Evan Bryce, Paul Chadwick, Joelle Jones, Nick Pitarra w/Chris Walker, Dave Crosland, Dean Haspiel, Janet Lee, Michael Oeming, Bradd Parton, Shannon Wheeler and a trio of Marvel Family pics by Matt Wagner! “

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December 22, 2010

Coming in 2011…One Volume Edition in Full Color

Filed under: Bone,News — Jeff @ 12:11 pm

The technology has finally caught up! Through a combination of sewing and glue, we can make a nearly 1400 page color One Volume Edition that lays flat when open!

2011 will be the 20th anniversary of Bone #1, and one of the things we’re doing to celebrate will be putting together the BONE: 20th Anniversary Full Color One Volume Edition. It’s the whole thing in a beautiful hardback book and will include extras. The dimensions: 9 1/4″ x 7″ & the spine is 3″ (very similar to the current black & white paperback) and comes in a slipcase.

More details to come…

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