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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JOE KUBERT who died on August 12 at age 85.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">comics at an early age, probably 12. His first professional employment was at about 15 when he worked on a superhero character called VOLTON:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Holyoke Publishing "Catman Comics" #8, March 1942).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kubert's drawn characters were always invested with emotion, which appealed to readers of all ages</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ensured his wide popularity as an artist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>GROTH: You were drafted into the Army from ’50 to
’52. I assume that was a dead period for you?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>KUBERT:</b> No, not
so. I was working even while I was in the Army. Both for DC and Acme Comics,
and for St. John publishing. While I was taking my basic training at Fort Dix,
the Army had set me up painting the emblems on helmets and helmet liners. They
put me in a separate building and I had my own studio. I never went out on
bivouac because they had me painting helmets. I was also able to do my
cartooning. After basic I was assigned as permanent personnel in Fort Dix. A
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>GROTH: Fort Dix is in Georgia?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>KUBERT:</b> No, Fort
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>GROTH: How far from Manhattan was that? Could you
go into the city and pick up scripts?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>KUBERT:</b> It’s
about 75 miles from New York. I was married shortly after I got drafted, and my
wife would do the shuffling back and forth with the work. I had a Town and
Country Chrysler car while I was in service. A convertible. I commuted from an
apartment we had in Princeton to Fort Dix for the year that I was stationed
there. Then, all permanent personnel had to see overseas duty. Again, I was
lucky. Most of my outfit went to Korea. They shipped me to Germany. While in
Germany I did work. I was in Special Services and I was able to set up my own
studio in <i>Sonthofen,</i> a beautiful place in the southern part of Germany.
I was able to continue my work, mailed it into the States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>GROTH: And that would have been for DC, I presume.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>KUBERT:</b> That was
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<strong>KUBERT:</strong> When I got out of the Army, my friend Norm and I produced the 3-D comic book <em>Mighty</em> <em>Mouse</em>.
I guess that’s what drove St. John Publishing out of business: the
collapse of 3-D. St. John had turned everything into 3-D and based on
the huge success of the first book, he decided to convert everything
into three-dimensional comic books. Each succeeding sale was less than
the one before. Proving that gimmicks don’t work forever. It was at the
time that I got involved with DC and doing some stuff with Harvey
Kurtzman and one or two other companies. Avon Publishing was one. Then I
went up to DC again and that’s when I got the job working with Bob
Kanigher. That must have been about ’55.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GROTH: 3-D died pretty quickly, didn’t it?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> Yes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GROTH: And that was just because the market was flooded with it?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> The publishers thought the gimmick would last
forever so everybody tried to use the gimmick on everything. St. John took
every book he had and converted them to 3-D. When the market was saturated with
3-D, it was so common, readers began to ask, “Hey, what about the story? What
about the content?” The lack of content is what I think really the caused of
the death of the 3-D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GROTH: You created </strong><em><b>Tor</b></em><strong> at this
time. And you retained your copyright. Now that suggests to me a certain amount
of savvy on your part.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> Luck, again, Gary. Pure, unadulterated luck. And
nice guys that I dealt with. When I went to St. John with <em>Tor</em>, it was
copyrighted under his name. It’s true we had the same financial arrangement,
royalties and so forth, but it was still under the St. John banner. When the
book went under because of the fiasco of 3-D, St. John died, literally. His son
took over the publishing. They were putting out limited titles, none of which
dealt with the comic books. I contacted the son and said, “Look, I’d appreciate
it, since St. John is no longer publishing comic books, and since this was my
creation and of no value to you now, I’d appreciate it if you’d turn the
copyright back to me.” And he did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GROTH: Simple as that.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> Just like that. I still retain the letter I got
from him, returning the copyright to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GROTH: Can I ask you what your arrangement with St. John was like —
did they pay you per page or was there a royalty involved as well?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> There was a budget and a royalty. As a matter of
fact, the 3-D earnings enabled me to purchase my first house. I’ll never forget
Norm and I leaving the office one day when we started to receive our first
monies. And there was a lot of money coming in. On the way home — you have to
understand. Norm lived just a little further west than where I lived — on our
way home we stopped at a Buick place and each of us bought a brand new car!
Never said anything to our wives. Just brought the cars home with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> Based on the number of books that would sell, based
on a percentage of the profits. Norm was really the business head. When I was
doing books before the war, it was on a <em>very</em> informal basis.
Especially because there was not a great deal of money involved, it really
didn’t make a big difference. The only time one gets into trouble not planning
properly is when you’re a success. But when things don’t go well, nobody cares.
However, if money starts rolling in, everybody is looking for their little
piece. Norm really had an excellent business head. He would analyze the
contracts and would set things up on a much healthier business basis than we
had ever done before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GROTH: Do you have any idea whether royalties were routinely given
out at that time? That doesn’t sound like a standard arrangement.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>KUBERT:</strong> It was exceptional that a publisher would share
royalties … except in very specific instances. After the figures came out on
the book and they could make a determination of how many books sold, payments
to us would be made. The first 3-D books sold a million and a quarter copies at
25 cents a shot, which was unheard of at that time, especially at that price.
They had to go back to print again.</span></div>
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<br /></div>planetronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323901513759861001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685710315571636534.post-17221920146870675572012-04-12T18:13:00.001-07:002012-06-16T15:59:24.649-07:00Not Frank merely...........<br />
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at those great Moebius pics I was reminded of Scottish artist Frank
Quietly ( pseudenom of Vincent Deighan) who sometimes displayed a
similar style. Winner of several Eisner awards and best known for
"All-Star Superman", "Flex Mentallo"</span>,<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "New X-men"</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and many others..</span><br />
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title “Electric Soup” in 1990. He wrote and drew “The Greens”, a parody of” The
Broons” strip published by D.C. Thompson, the main publisher of children’s
comics in Great Britain but, based in Scotland. Thompson are known for long-running
British comic magazines “The Beano” and “The Dandy” which appeared weekly and are still being
published, as well as a wide range of British comics oriented towards school
students both male and female and additional magazines of practical science and
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the attention of “Judge Dredd Megazine”( a spin-off of iconic British Sci-Fi
magazine <b>“2000 AD”</b>) editor, David Bishop, fast rising to prominence and being
voted among the fans' favourite five artists in an end-of-year survey. By 1994
he had started work in various stories in Paradox Press's series of The Big Book
of graphic novels, as well as work for Dark Horse Presents for Dark Horse
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His big break into American comics was “Flex Mentallo”, a
Doom Patrol spin-off written by fellow Glaswegian Grant Morrison for DC Comics'
Vertigo imprint, in 1996. Quitely's work proved immensly popular and this
launched him into more work for Vertigo. Initially he was put to work on strips
for anthology titles such as Weird War Tales, and drew three issues of Jamie
Delano's 2020 Visions, as well as various covers for DC. He later drew his
first full length graphic novel, “Batman: The Scottish Connection”, with writer
Alan Grant (in which “The Greens” make a cameo appearance). Quitely and Grant
also worked on a one-shot titled “Lobo: The Hand-to-Hand Job” (later retitled
as “It's a Man's World”). Although Quitely did all the pencils, the story was
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Quitely and Morrison collaborated again,in 2000, on “JLA:
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and later that year Quitely took over from Bryan Hitch as artist on The
Authority, with Mark Millar as writer. This run proved to be highly controversial,
and Quitely's art suffered censorship by DC Comics due mainly to the violent
content of Millar's stories. In addition, the title was hit by delays, due in part to Quitely's slow
drawing speed and the time he took off to draw the final issue of Morrison's “The
Invisibles”. Quitely left The Authority to draw “New X-Men”. Quitely also
managed to find time to illustrate a Neil Gaiman-written story for the
hardcover graphic novel, “Sandman: Endless Nights”.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12.04.2012</span>planetronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323901513759861001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685710315571636534.post-88789619734248152322012-03-14T13:03:00.000-07:002012-03-21T19:12:44.465-07:00A Tribute to.......MOEBIUS<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">French artist <b style="color: red;">Jean Giraud</b> who signed himself as<b style="color: blue;"> GIR</b> and <b style="color: blue;">MOEBIUS</b> died last Saturday, March 10, 2012 aged 73. Drawing and painting since age 16, the artist left an amazing legacy of illustration and comic book art in a striking individual style unlike any other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Born in Paris, France, in 1938. </span><span style="font-size: small;">At age 16, in 1955, he began his only technical training at the Arts Appliqués art
school, where he started producing Western comics. He became close friends with
another comic artist Jean-Claude Mézières. In 1956 he left art school to visit
his mother in Mexico and he stayed there eight months, after which he returned
to work full time as an artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> His famous work the <b style="color: blue;">Lieutenant Blueberry</b> character, whose facial features
were based on those of French dramatic movie actor <b>Jean-Paul Belmondo</b>, was created in 1963 by
<b>Charlier</b> (script) and <b>Giraud</b> (drawings) for French magazine, <b>Pilote</b>, which quickly became
its most popular figure. His adventures as told in the spin-off Western serial
<b style="color: blue;">Blueberry,</b> are possibly Giraud's best known work in his native France.The early <b><span style="color: blue;">Blueberry</span></b> comics
used a simple line drawing style and standard Western
themes and imagery, but gradually Giraud developed a darker and grittier style
inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns of <b>Sergio Leone</b> and the dark realism of <b>Sam
Peckinpah</b>. With the fifth album,<b><span style="color: lime;"> "The Trail of the Navajos"</span></b>,
Giraud established his own style, and after censorship laws were loosened in
1968 the strip became more explicitly adult, and also adopted a wider range of
thematics. "Angel Face", the first Blueberry album penciled by
Giraud after he had begun publishing science fiction as Moebius, was much more
experimental than his previous Western work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Giraud left the series in 1973 leaving the artwork to Colin
Wilson, Michel Rouge and later Michel Blanc-Dumont for a few books. He returned
to it in the following decade, producing many more very successful <b style="color: blue;">Blueberry</b>
stories, further increasing its already outstanding quality.</span></div>
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When Charlier, Giraud's collaborator on <b style="color: blue;">Blueberry</b> died in
1989, Giraud assumed responsibility for the scripting of the series. <b style="color: blue;">Blueberry</b>
has been translated into 15 languages, the first English translations by Marc
Lofficier being published in 1970. The original <span style="color: blue;">Blueberry </span>series has spun off a
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science fiction and fantasy work, was introduced in 1963. In a satire magazine called<span style="color: orange;">
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In 1975 he revived the Moebius signature, and with
Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet, and Bernard Farkas, he became one of
the founding members of the comics art group "Les Humanoides
Associes". Together they started the magazine <b style="color: lime;">Métal Hurlan</b>t, the magazine
known in the English as <b style="color: lime;">Heavy Metal</b> .
Moebius' famous serial<b style="color: orange;"> The Airtight Garage</b> and his groundbreaking<b><span style="color: orange;"> Arzach</span> </b>both began
in <b>Métal Hurlant</b>. In 1976 <b>Metal Hurlant</b> published <b>The Long Tomorrow </b>written by<b>
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Arzach is a wordless comic, created in a deliberate attempt
to breathe new life into the comic genre which at the time was dominated by
American superhero comics. It tracks the journey of the title character flying
on the back of his pterodactyl through a fantastic world mixing medieval
fantasy with futurism. Unlike most science fiction comics it has no captions,
no speech balloons and no written sound effects. The
wordlessness provides the strip with a sense of timelessness, setting up Arzach's
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Moebius' design for He-Man costume in "Masters of The Universe"<br />
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<b>Planetronix, Earth,</b></div>
<b style="color: yellow;">March 14, 2012.</b></div>planetronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323901513759861001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685710315571636534.post-62435731381778346392012-03-13T18:30:00.001-07:002012-03-21T16:49:48.728-07:00Superman 40's revisited......<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">British artist, <b style="color: red;">Des Taylor</b>, has produced a nice collection of Superman images based on</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the</span><br />
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The <b>Fleischer Superman cartoons</b> are a series of
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The pilot and first eight shorts were produced by <b>Fleischer
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cartoons. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="color: lime;">Rotoscoping</b> is an animation
technique in which animators trace over live-action film movement, frame by
frame, for use in animated films. Originally, recorded live-action film images
were projected onto a frosted glass panel and re-drawn by an animator. This
projection equipment is called a <b style="color: lime;">rotoscope</b>, although this device has been mainly
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The<b> Fleischer</b> studio's most effective use of rotoscoping was in
these action-oriented <span style="color: red;">Superman</span> cartoons, in which Superman and the
other animated figures displayed very realistic movement. The technique was
invented by <b style="color: orange;">Max Fleischer</b>, who used it in his series Out of the Inkwell starting
around <b>1915</b>, with his brother<b style="color: orange;"> Dave Fleischer</b> dressed in a clown outfit as the
live-film reference for the character Koko the Clown<b style="color: orange;">. Max Fleischer</b> patented the method
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Although all the cartoons are now in the public domain, ancillary
rights such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm
master elements, are owned today by <b>Warner Bros. Animation. </b></div>
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The fantastic thing is that all these fabulous cartoons are now available on DVD at very reasonable prices.<br />
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<br />planetronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323901513759861001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685710315571636534.post-22150984650722551512012-03-01T15:58:00.002-08:002012-03-01T18:01:33.958-08:00Superman's Birthday.......?<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
It has been usual to give February 29th, Leap year day, as Superman's Birthday. I'm not sure what the original idea was but, since we've just had it this year, 2012, I thought we might mark it by another event in Superman comic history when DC published Superman #400 in October 1984 and invited a roster of the best Comic Book Artists of the time to contribute their vision of Superman for the historic issue. The Cover was provided by Howard Chaykin:</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In an ironic connection, in 1939, a year after Superman's debut in ACTION COMICS #1, <b>Eisner</b> was asked by<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Victor Fox</b>, an accountant who had
previously worked at DC Comics and was starting his own comic book publishing house to create a Superman-type character for the books. <b>Eisner</b>, using the pen-name "Willis" wrote and drew the first issue of "Wonder Comics" which lasted only #1 issue as DC, then National</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Periodical Publications,</span><span style="font-size: small;"> sued Fox and forced the cancellation of <b>"Wonder Man"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Eisner</b> subsequently claimed that he had protested the
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sued Fox, alleging <span style="color: red;">Wonder Man</span> was an illegal copy of <b><span style="color: cyan;">Superman</span></b>, he, <b>Eisner</b> testified
that this was so, undermining Fox's case; Eisner even depicted himself doing
so in his semi-autobiographical graphic novel "The Dreamer".However, a
transcript of the proceeding, uncovered by comics historian <b>Ken Quattro</b> in
2010, indicates <b>Eisner</b> in fact supported Fox and claimed<span style="color: red;"> Wonder Man</span> as an
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<b>R.C</b>. To be honest it wasn’t that calculated. I had wanted to do
an Irish themed book and the original characters I came up with were Roisin
Dubh and Glimmer Man which then led onto the League which seemed to open a
floodgate of ideas. Somewhere along the line with GM I just thought it would be
cool to place him in a team book, I did some research and tried to come up with
a cross section of characters that would represent different facets of Ireland.</div>
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<b>R.C.</b> I have to say it was more organic but, that’s not to say I’m
not aware of the lack of female characters in the comics medium. At the moment
I’m working on two new male characters so it really depends on what’s going
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Stephen Downey. Can you tell us a little about this?</b></div>
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<b>R.C</b>. As you say there are a lot of characters and for the moment
giving them all their own series is a bit out of reach so I think it’s a good
idea to showcase them in one shots and this way we can give a little bit more
of their history and background. The Black Scorpion issue is looking really
well. Stephen Downey is a great artist and it’s always exciting to see what
he’s going to send back from the initial script. The story is set in WW1 and
involves soldiers swapping tales of their sightings of the Scorpion, we also
showcase a British team of heroes called Legion Brittania so I’m looking
forward to seeing what people make of them.</div>
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<b>League of Volunteers is very much set in an important time
in Ireland and the characters have links to other historical periods of note.
Do you feel a responsibility in maintaining those heavily Irish elements when
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<b>R.C.</b> First and foremost the League is a fantasy comic but
obviously people have opinions on their history and it differs from person to
person, especially when your talking about subjects like the emergency. I do
feel some responsibility not to lean too heavily on either side of the argument
about our place in the war and hopefully we can be respectful of the history
but still have some fun with the stories.</div>
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very difficult to imagine any in colour since it suits each book (differently)
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<b>R.C.</b> To be honest it is to do with budget but, as you say, the
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another writer or if it’s me and an artist. Everybody brings something
different to the work. With Maura it’s very easy and because she is such a
talented writer there is very little editing involved with her scripts.</div>
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Next year should see some of the creative teams mixing it up
a little. I’m editing a couple of stories for the League at the moment done by
other writers and Barry Keegan is also doing two of his own League stories, one
of which he will also draw himself. We have a couple of new writers who have already
established themselves both in comics and novels respectively and who’s names
we will announce soon. At this stage I fell very comfortable working with other
writers and its always a thrill to see what other people do with the
characters.</div>
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<b>R.C.</b> I have certainly seen a big increase in my own publications
which I think has a lot to do with the subject matter and it has proven to me that
there are a lot of people out there willing to read comics if you give them
something to peak their interest. As for the shop it’s a very positive time
with DC’s New 52 which has proved to be a massive success so like the Irish
titles, comics need to keep broadening their horizons to attract new readers.</div>
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<b>R.C.</b>There are certain writers I like in comics, people like
Brubaker, Morrision and more recently Scott Synder but I don’t feel they have
influenced me. I think the biggest influence on my writing has just been my
love of different genres and in more recent years an interest in history.<br />
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a third project for Womanthology, a short titled ‘The Nail’. Can you tell us
anything about it and could you briefly explain the concept of Womanthology for
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<b>MMcH</b> It’s an anthology of comic book strips created solely by
women, with all profits going to charity. It will be published by IDW
Publishing in December. Artist Renae De Liz originated the project with the
intention of offering women with different levels of experience the opportunity
to showcase their work.</div>
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The theme of the anthology is heroic, so when I was looking
for an idea I considered the different types of heroic acts from the big to the
small. In the end I was inspired by the true story of how a woman coped with
being unjustly incarcerated in a prison in 1950s Hungary. I was thrilled when
my short script was accepted by editor Suzannah Rowntree. The artist for the
strip is Star St. Germain.</div>
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It’s been a privilege to be part of the project, which has
been run professionally and with tremendous energy. It raised $109,000 via
Kickstarter and is the most successful comic book project ever funded this way.</div>
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strong female lead. Is that something you feel strongly about in creating comics
and writing?</b></div>
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<b>MMcH</b> All female (and male) characters in a comic book should be
interesting in some fashion, but if they are the lead characters they need to
capture the attention of the reader quickly. As a writer it is my job to
intrigue the reader with the protagonists, irrespective of their gender.</div>
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I love writing both Róisín and Jennifer as they have quite
different backgrounds and motivations. I want them to be dynamic, complex and
believable, so I feel strongly about putting that on the page. If I was writing male lead characters I would have the exact
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<b>The 1920′s is an interesting period to set a comic. We see a
myriad of unique characters and a style of fashion due to this in the first
issue of Jennifer Wilde. Was it this era that inspired the comic or was it more
to do with the Oscar Wilde aspect?</b></div>
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<b>MMcH</b> Rob Curley pitched me the central concept of the story – of
a woman solving a mystery with the help of Oscar Wilde during the 1920s. Part
of what attracted me to writing the series was the ability to explore the era.
Oscar had been dead for a generation, so technically it wouldn’t have mattered
what era he popped back into semi-existence, but the 1920s is an excellent fit
for him.</div>
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It was the first ‘modern’ decade of the twentieth century,
recovering from the trauma of World War I, but seized with an indefatigable
energy and optimism. I tried to infuse that spirit in Jennifer, and wrote her
as a playful, curious but haunted woman.</div>
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<b>Róisín Dubh is a far darker book and is very much set in Irish
lore. How does it feel to be tackling a famous tale like this in a new a novel
way?</b></div>
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<b>MMcH</b> Horror tends to be the default genre I write in so that was
an attraction for me to this story. The original ballad, ‘Róisín Dubh’ was written in the 16th century and is part
of the aisling(fantasy dream) song traditions. In it the lover – Róisín Dubh –
is a metaphor for Ireland.</div>
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Actually, I wrote Róisín as an antidote to that tradition.
The aisling songs usually portray Ireland as a woman, and often in a Romantic
light as someone who has been wronged by another – England in this case. She’s
rarely described as strong or proactive. Yet, Irish mythology is littered with
fierce goddesses and women. They were never the sort to sit around and wait on
men, and they usually had an acerbic tongue.</div>
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So, Róisín is based on the older tradition of Irish stories.
I’ve been a mythology nut since I was a kid, so weaving in the Irish
mythological elements into the Róisín Dubh storyline has been hugely enjoyable.
We have a rich tradition and I love being able to delve into it and celebrate
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<b> You worked on both JW and RD stories with Rob Curley,
but you script them. How much details do you work out when scripting, say
panels wise, etc; and how much is left or worked on with the artists?</b></div>
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<b>MMcH</b> I write full scripts, which means that I write how many
panels there are on a page, and sometimes I describe the layout. This allows me
to establish the rhythm of the story and lets me figure out how to pace it. I
aim to go for enough detail per page and panel to establish the scenes and
characters while allowing the artist room to enter into the story and bring it
to life.</div>
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Once the pages start coming
it’s always fascinating to see how the artist has responded to the
story. Sometimes the artist will decide to change the layout, and I’m always
delighted when that results in a more effective visual.</div>
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After you have been working with an artist for a while you
also get a sense of how s/he works, and where you need to give more detail and
where you can give him/her plenty of leeway.</div>
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I only get irked if they drop lines of dialogue! I aim to
write efficient dialogue, but sometimes space constraints mean I need to
re-write it to economise even further. I’m happy to do that if a dropped line
omits something I deem important to the story.</div>
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It’s important in comic books to be able to collaborate well
and fairly. It affects the project otherwise.</div>
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<b>How are you finding the Irish comics scene thus far? Any
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<b>MMcH</b> I’ve found the Irish comic book scene to be supportive and
friendly, and I’ve no complaints! I’ve also met a lot of talented, funny people
so it’s really enriched my life. Long may it continue to evolve and prosper.</div>
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<b>Maura Mc Hugh </b>follows in a long tradition in Ireland of gothic horror in literature, popularised by Bram Stoker's "Dracula", first published in 1897:</div>
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As a child, Stoker had a serious debilitating illness which
had him confined to the family home and bed on many occasions until his teen
years when he made a remarkable recovery and was able to attend Trinity
College, Dublin, where he became a noted student athlete and sportsman.</div>
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Turning to fiction late in life, Stoker published "The
Snake's Pass" in 1890, and in 1897 his masterpiece, “Dracula”, was first published
in London.. Written mostly in the form of diaries and journals kept by the
principal characters—Jonathan Harker, who made the first contact with the
vampire Count Dracula; Mina, Jonathan's wife; Dr. Seward; who realises the true
nature of Dracula, and Lucy Westenra, a victim who herself becomes a vampire—the
story is that of a Transylvanian vampire who, using supernatural powers, makes
his way to England and there victimizes innocent people to obtain the blood on
which he lives.The popular novel enjoyed
equal success in several versions as a play and as numerous films derived from
the original book. Hollywood, in particular, has reason to be grateful for
Stoker’s creation.</div>
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Stoker wrote several other novels—including “ The Mystery of
the Sea” (1902), “The Jewel of Seven Stars” (1904), and “The Lady of the Shroud”
(1909)—but none of them approached the popularity or, indeed, the quality of <b>“Dracula”</b>.</div>
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Of french Hugenot descent LeFanu was writer of many ghost stories and mystery novels,
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“The Purcell Papers”, written while he was a student, show
his mastery of the supernatural and were collected in three volumes in 1880.
Between 1845 and 1873 he published 14 novels, of which” Uncle Silas” (1864) and”The
House by the Churchyard” (1863) are the best known. Written in dense prose of
the Victorian era, the novels are hard going for modern readers but, worthwhile
for the extended description of the characters and their surroundings and the
flow of language employed. He
contributed numerous short stories, mostly of ghosts and the supernatural, to
the Dublin University Magazine, which he owned and edited from 1861 to 1869. “In
a Glass Darkly” (1872), a book of five long stories, is generally regarded as
his best work. Le Fanu also owned the Dublin Evening Mail and other newspapers.
His vampire story “Carmilla” is likely to have inspired Stoker’s later Dracula
novel. The introduction of the female(and lesbian) vampire was unusual for the times but has survived and inspired several movies "Vampyr" (1932,Germany, Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer), in the British Hammer Studios: "Vampire Lovers"(1970), "Lust for a Vampire"(1971), and one by French auteur Roger Vadim - "Blood and Roses"(France 1960).</div>
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Not comics, but an intriguing entry into pulp horror in 1940's Ireland was a series of Irish language paperback books aimed, believe it or not, at 12-16 year old school students and published by the official Government publisher <b>An Gúm. </b>The covers, with their lurid artwork similar to pulp horror familiar to US readers and their antique Gaelic typeface are a unique artifact in the history of Irish publishing:</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Why? Because the DC brain trust believes that we, the
“existing readers” don’t care? Or, because they feel sure they’ve got us no
matter what, and that the “new readers” they hope to attract don’t care? Or,
because no one at DC cares? Or, because it’s too hard to think it all through
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Continuity and consistency take a great deal of work. My
most recent experience working at DC Comics is three years out of date, but DC
Comics is still a DiDiocracy, it would appear. The DiDiots rise to the top, and
no one wants to work too hard.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>If this “initiative” bogs down or fails, well, so what? DC
gets a substantial sales spike and goes along better than before, at least for
a while. DiDio, Lee, Harras, Johns and the rest keep their phoney-baloney jobs,
collect fat paychecks and big bonuses a little longer.</i></span></div>
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up again and sales slide, no problem. Do a new New 52. Do it till it’s as worn
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>DC is like Lucy and we’re like Charlie Brown. DC keeps
yanking the football away and we keep yelling Aaugh! and landing hard. They’re
very sure we’ll keep coming back and try to kick the ball again. And, knowing
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>So far, they’re right.The Lucy strategy will work until
Marvel or some emerging contender does it the right way. Starts with a powerful
concept, a creative vision. Puts in the work and the effort. Thinks it through.
Produces good stories, well told. Builds something meaningful that fires peoples’
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rudderless. It will probably take a market/distribution paradigm shift that
opens new opportunities for a new player to arise, either an upstart or a
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DC Entertainment announced today that a new digital on-line comic will present the previous TV series as "Smallville Season 11" next April and will be followed by a print edition in May 2012.</div>
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<i>“Six months after Clark Kent donned the cape and took to the
skies to save Earth from Apokolips… enter Season 11! New allies abound!
New enemies afoot! And old friends return where they’re least
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According to the announcement, the characters confirmed to join Clark in ‘Smallvile Season 11’
are: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Chloe Sullivan-Queen(Missus Green Arrow), Lois Lane, Lex
Luthor and General Lane. The artwork will apparently resemble the actors who played these characters in the TV series, notably Tom Welling, who played Superman/Clark Kent and has a broad fan following.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">‘Smallville Season 11′ cover #1 by CatStaggs:</span></h1>
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Miller enthuses:“Pere and colorist Chris Beckett have done a fantastic job
of capturing the look of the show and the players, and Gary and Cat are
knocking it out of the park on covers,” Miller enthuses. “I couldn’t be more
excited to help give seasoned viewers and new readers an all-access pass to
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Unofficial, non-DC, image of Welling in a version of the supersuit derived from that produced for Bryan Singer's 2006 movie.</b></span><br />
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Superman vs Nuperman; below left, the image as presented in the "New 52" DC comics, <i>sans </i>traditional red trunks, and right a restored red trunks image. This image, btw, detested by DC editorial as they deleted a thread carrying a link to it from their Superman Message Board just before Christmas last.<br />
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<b>PLANETRONIX, EARTH,</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As <b style="color: red;">Superman</b> is my favourite comic book character, <b><span style="color: red;">Murphy Anderson</span></b> is my favourite comic book Artist. I believe he is the Leonardo Da Vinci of American comic book art. His
graceful, dignified, and anatomically correct depictions of action heroes are unequalled
over many decades. There are some artists who come close to his ideal and they
will get a mention in due course. Some samples here of the genius of <b style="color: red;">Murphy
Anderson</b>. The book, which cover is shown here, is well worth getting and I'm sure is available on Amazon or E-bay. It has a great collection of <b style="color: red;">Anderson</b> art and a luxury color section in the middle.</span></div>
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"Buck Rogers" newspaper strip art by Anderson.<br />
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A <b><span style="color: red;">Swan/Anderson</span></b> worksheet for DC Comics: <b><span style="color: red;">Curt Swan</span></b> pencilled and <b><span style="color: red;">Murphy Anderson</span></b> inked the pages during their long collaboration at DC. Note that "cut & paste" really was that in those days.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This was the first Superman book I owned. It wasn’t the
original DC American full color edition but, a black/white</span><span style="font-size: small;"> reprint published in Great Britain in a series from 1950-56
of <b><span style="color: red;">Superman </span></b>reprints. Only the covers were color printed until 1956, when the
inside pages began to appear in color. The series finished soon after but, copies were still on sale later than that.. I got it
in a newspaper shop across the road from the local cinema where, incidentally
the first Superman serial movie starring<b> Kirk Alyn</b> as <b style="color: red;">Superman</b> was showing. This
was a neat tie-in and helped to maintain interest until the next movie chapter
the following week. The book cost me 6d, six pence in sterling money, and was
more expensive than the visit to the cinema which, at that time (late 1950's)
was only 4d, four pence. That exhausted my week’s pocket money which meant I had
NOTHING to spend until the following week, very severe financial restriction
for a schoolkid.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The book had two <b style="color: red;">Superman</b> stories;<b> “ The Man Who Out-Supered
Superman” (12 pages)</b></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b> and “ High Man On a
Flagpole” (13 pages)</b>. Men climbing up flagpoles were a phenomenon in the 1950’s.
The rest were locally British produced items; “ Atomical Tom" The Boy
Inventor (Atomical Tom The Boy Inventor) Story, 1 page, Hurricane Hardy and the Metal Man (Hurricane
Hardy) Story, 7 pages , Lemmy Loo Story, 1 page, Splinter. The<b style="color: red;"> Superman art </b>was by<b> Wayne Boring
inked by Stan Kaye</b>. The cover was from<b> DC Superman #46</b>, <b>May-June 1946</b> and I’m
presuming the stories were from the same but, I can’t be sure as what was on
the covers didn’t always relate to the stories inside. I can’t remember much of
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had the book for a few weeks but, in those days comics
would easily disappear without explanation. My brothers could have taken it and
swapped it for something else or even “loaned” it out, “loans” which never came
back. Adults regarded comics as disposable litter and I could find it had been
used to light the open fire or to mop up spills of various kinds. I didn’t have
a proper collection until the 1970’s which I eventually extended with
quantities of back issues gleaned from anywhere I happened to travel to which
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<span style="font-size: small;">American comics were available, but, in the strangest
fashion. After <b>WW2</b> when commercial shipping eventually resumed, ships from the
<b>USA</b> travelling to <b>Britain</b> used large quantities of comic books “returns” from
newsagents (remember, <b style="color: red;">Superman</b> <i>et al</i>
were selling in millions then) with covers torn off as ship’s “ballast” if they
hadn’t a full cargo. On arrival they were just dumped on the quayside and were
taken by anybody working or visiting there on the day. <b>Liverpoo</b>l, which had
close connections with Ireland, was a place where these could be found and
eventually turned up in<b> Dublin</b>. They weren’t just handed out, but some ended up
in “second-hand” book shops being sold for 2d or 3d an item. We were glad to
get them. It wasn’t until the 60’s that the American books returned to
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