Classic Comics

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: What led you to Continuity in the first place, Howard? Howard Chaykin: I didn’t work there. I’d been Neal’s assistant before the studio was open. Many of us had...

Welcome to the latest chapter of my look at Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan, as we now reach the biggest non-sequitur of his run, in Marvel Spotlight #17. As you might remember from last week, our anti-hero...

Welcome back to the third part of my look at Steve Gerber’s wonderfully odd run on “Son of Satan.” Sorry for missing the last three weeks (and I hope you enjoyed last week’s look at a wonderfully weird...

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: How did you become interested in art? Angelo Torres: Growing up in the 30s with the great Sunday funnies being drawn at that time and with so many great comic book titles ...

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: That certainly seems to me like a much more viable method, particularly in an artistic environment. I noticed that you’re basically a one-man band. You write, do the art,...

All my life I’ve been a big fan of Prince’s music. From the hyperfunk of “Delirious”, which cut through the mindless pap of late 1970s disco like a sledgehammer through a paper towel, through the...

Instead of a classic creator, this week we'll visit a contemporary one who was heavily influenced by the classic genre. He's a Kubert School grad - Thom Zahler. Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: You...

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: Please tell me about your involvement with the National Cartoonist’s Society. Creig Flessel: I started the Berndt Toast gang with Walter Berndt. CB: Yeah, in fact...

I have a theory about music. My theory holds that the best music sounds improvised. The best music has an energy and freshness that causes you to tap your feet or nod your head even after the hundredth listen...

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: Len Wein told me that both of you got into the business on the coattails of fandom and that you’d done some fanzines. Did you enjoy the transition? Marv Wolfman: It's...

At its best, Steve Gerber’s run on “Son of Satan” is one of the most memorable series he produced at Marvel during his ridiculously fertile 1970s period. As we saw in last week’s column, Gerber’s...

Last time in this column I discussed the oddly desultory nature of Steve Gerber’s work on “Morbius the Living Vampire” in Fear. That comic seemed randomly thrown together, with arbitrary character...

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: According to my research you began at 16 in the industry. Was cartooning something that caught your imagination? Jose Delbo: Yes, I was 16 when I started drawing comic...

Bryan Stroud for Comics Bulletin: It looks like you had some art training. What sparked your interest in the field? Paul Kirchner: I was a comic book fan as a teenager. After high school, I moved to NY...

Here's the conclusion to our interview with Joseph Barney. Joseph Barney: Sometimes I wish I’d stuck with the comic book work. I tended to be a little too perfectionistic with it, and the advertising...