Small-Press Super-Heroes of the ’80s: Zenith
Published within the pages of Britain’s premier comics magazine 2000 AD starting in 1987, Zenith was the brain child of writer Grant Morrison and artist Steve Yeowell with character designs by Brendan...
Small-Press Super-Heroes of the ’80s: Zot!
In reading the first two selections for this series of articles, I noticed a link between them. Both Nexus and Miracleman were taking characters within the superhero genre and using them to push it to the...
Small Press Super-Heroes of the ’80s: Miracleman
Cover to Miracleman #1 (1985) The character of Miracleman, known originally as Marvelman before lawsuits were a going concern, was relaunched in 1982 by writer Alan Moore in the pages of British comics...
Small-Press Super-Heroes of the ’80s: Nexus
Change doesn’t work from the top down. At least not in creative fields. No, publishers and studios are businesses and aren’t going to spend money on something that doesn’t have a history of working....