RARA-AVIS: Re: mystery writers to comics

From: dermdocsx2 ( dermdocsx2@cox.net)
Date: 11 Jun 2008


Also, Gregg Hurwitz just finished an ultra-hardboiled comic miniseries called Foolkiller and he has more work from Marvel coming.

Pat LEe

--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, John Armstrong <pachuco@...> wrote:
>
> Then there's Spillane -
>
> Patrick Lee wrote:
> >
> > Many hardboiled/mystery writers have come into the comic fold in
recent
> > years. Max Allan Collins's involvement actually dates back to him
> > scripting
> > the Dick Tracy daily strip in the 70's and he originated Ms. Tree
as a
> > comic
> > book while also writing Batman and creating Wild Dog with Terry
Beatty for
> > DC comics in the 80's. In the 90's, Collins worked with his hero
and
> > friend
> > Mickey Spillane on the Mike Danger comic book.
> >
> > Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak series does predate his comic work
but I spoke
> > to Greg at a comic convention years ago and he described his
longtime love
> > of comics and how he enjoyed his opportunity to work in the
medium. More
> > recently, Brad Meltzer did a groundbreaking miniseries for DC
called
> > Infinite Crisis and spent a year writing the Justice League.
David Morrell
> > recently did a Captain America minseries and has more work
coming. As was
> > mentioned earlier, Duane Swiercynski is writing Cable for Marvel
and has
> > done some Punisher work. Charlie Huston has worked on Moon Knight
and
> > Wolverine for Marvel. The work they have all done is variable in
> > quality and
> > certainly will appeal to you depending on the subject matter and
> > whether you
> > enjoy comics. I have read all of the authors' prose work and I
would be
> > hardpressed to identify any of their styles in their comic work.
> >
> > Pat Lee
> >
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> >
> >
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