Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue to dissect the turbulent comic book speculator boom on the 1990s while looking through antique copies of Wizard Magazine.
What to expect in this issue:
* Malibu's Ultraverse is announced!
* Chris Claremont's life after X-Men. An interview.
* Joe Quesada is talking is hopes and dreams about wanting to leave a mark on the industry.
* Ron Wagner, the Morbius Artist, cuts promos on the series writer, Len Kaminski
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Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue to dissect the turbulent comic book speculator boom on the 1990s while looking through antique copies of Wizard Magazine.
Some of this issues contents:
• Jae Lee takes center stage and talks Youngblood: Strikefile, WildCATs Trilogy, Namor, John Byrne, and more!
• Liefeld interview 2: Youngblood, Bloodstrike, Brigade, Prophet, Image, editors, publishers, and late books
• Star Trek comics
• Ray Bradbury comics at Topps and the all-star lineup of artists drawing them: Richard Corben, Al Williamson, Mike Mignola!
• Topps' Kirbyverse comics: Steve Ditko draws the Secret City!
• The Comics Code, Mike Allred in Palmer's Picks, and Wizard's editor vows to never read manga - a proclamation that upsets Jim and Ed so much that they make a new t-shirt in response:
• PLUS - the winners of the Cable cover contest in Brutes & Babes!
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Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue down the 1990s comic book speculation bubble:
• ANIA - the Association of Black Publishers is born!
• Image and Malibu breakup
• Palmer's Picks: Ted McKeever, Eddy Current, Metropol, and more!
• Elfquest's influence on a young Eddie P
• Spawn 9 and its legacy: Todd McFarlane v Neil Gaiman
Supplemental Links:
Neil Gaiman's 2002 deposition
Todd McFarlane 2002 deposition
ANIA - Unsung Heroes of the Black Comics Movement,
1992 CBS Evening News Feature on Omega 7 Comics
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Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg continue down the 1990s comic book speculation rabbit hole to discuss Wizard 17 from January 1993. In this issue:
• Brutes and Babes: Bart Sears on Cover design including Hip Hop Family Tree, Street Angel, and X-Men: Grand Design
• Valiant gets the spotlight
• Fabian Nicieza writing and editing a lot of books
• Tom Palmer's X-mas recommendations
• Dave Sim passes the halfway point of Cerebus and reflects on Image, Wizard, self-publishing, the direct market, and Jack Kirby's revolutionary work at the dawn of the Marvel Universe
• Roy Thomas adapts Francis Ford Copolla's Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps and Mike Mignola
• Batman is sad
• Wizard puts out a call for homemade fanzines!!!
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Ed and Jim's investigation into the 1990's comic book speculation boom and bust continues! In this issue:
*The second wave of Image Comics creators is officially upon us with the release of Darker Image issue 1.
*Cartoonist Lea Hernandez drops some knowledge about the trials and tribulations of the comic book business.
*Palmer's Picks: Hepcats, and the first announcement of Peter Laird's monumental Xeric Grant for self publishers.
* Kevin Eastman creates the Words and Pictures museum!
*A Dale Keown interview talking about his soon to be published Image title, Pitt!
* Fan Favorite artist, Kelley Jones speaks to Wizard about his drawing career, from Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics to an Alien series published by Dark Horse comics
* Speaking of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Wizard investigates the comic to see how it compares and contrasts with previous iterations of the DC Sandman character, dating back to the 1940s.
* All this and tons more.
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