…so expensive. Sex Education Marvel did this custom comic book for the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse: Marvel donated its services. That was rare. Also a little out of character for the greedy suits upstairs, I thought. Could it be that they were inspired to do…
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…(in reference to Secret Marvels/Marvel’s Secret) “Jim, there’s an old story that there was an editorial meeting at DC and someone said that the secret to Marvel’s success was “bad art”. In an Alter-Ego article George Kashdan didn’t recall such an event but said he might have agreed with such…
In 1983, a toy company approached Marvel Comics seeking development of a toy property for comics, animation and other entertainment. The toys in question were cars and other vehicles that could be opened and unfolded into ROBOTS. Very cool.The toy company was KNICKERBOCKER TOYS. They called their toy property, based…
…everything at DC was done full script and nearly everything at Marvel was done Marvel-style, that is, plot-art-copy. DC drifted somewhat toward Marvel-style as some ex-Marvel writers filtered in. I don’t know how much full script is done by either company these days. Gail’s undoubtably right. I write full scripts…
…Reminiscing About Jack Kirby) Is there any truth to these rumors that people in the Marvel offices were calling him “Jack the Hack” and trying to fill his letter columns with knock letters? Marvel paid creators, usually the writer of the series, to go through the fan mail, choose letters…
(NOTE: I wrote this a long time ago, but it’s germane to the tales of old Marvel I’ve been telling.) During my time at Marvel the people that held the position of Art Director were John Romita, Sr., Marie Severin (briefly), and John Romita, Sr. again. Dave Cockrum shared duties…
…sometimes. But genius. Chris Claremont wanted to work with him on New Mutants. I knew that meant throwing down all rules, boundaries and occasionally common sense sometimes and dancing upon them, but, hey, we were Marvel Comics, and if we weren’t willing to experiment, who would? Those were remarkable comics….
…now facing the comics industry. Collectibility is an advantage intrinsic to the comics medium. However, during recent years, so much emphasis has been placed upon the collectible aspect of comics that the entertainment aspect has been neglected. This trend has been fostered, promoted and exploited by publishers, distributors, retailers, fans…
…took over as EIC, I didn’t have a B&W editor or a color comics editor. Roger Stern became the first editor on board. He had been one of the assistants previously. He’s wicked smart, an excellent writer, comics savvy and capable. And he knows all the words to every Weird…
…Broadway Video had a division called Broadway Video Entertainment. BVE owned and managed a library of films, television shows and classic properties like The Lone Ranger and Lassie. In addition, BVE invested in various ventures including Broadway Comics. BVE was my 50/50 partner in Broadway Comics, though they were the…