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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