COMIC BOOK ARTIST


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COMIC BOOK ARTIST #1
published by TWOMORROWS, spring 1998

11-page dick giordano interview "along came giordano" conducted by jon b. cooke
reprints the cover of BLUE BEETLE #6 from
XXXIXXXCPL SPECIAL DOUBLE-ISSUE #9 & 10...
XXXIXXXPRESENTS THE CHARLTON PORTFOLIO, 1974









COMIC BOOK ARTIST #3XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
published by TWOMORROWS, winter 1999

4-page DAWN OF THE MARVEL AGE feature
reprints "an insider's part of comics history: jack kirby's spider-man" from
XXXIXXXROBIN SNYDER'S HISTORY OF COMICS, volume 1, no. 5, may 1990
XXXIXXX(slightly revised and updated by the author for this publication)
prints the cover of the then-upcoming STEVE DITKO'S 160 PAGE PACKAGE
reprints CAPTAIN ATOM illustration from
XXXIXXXROBIN SNYDER'S HISTORY OF COMICS, volume 3, no. 2, feb 1992






COMIC BOOK ARTIST #4
published by TWOMORROWS, spring 1999

1-page DATELINE:@!!?* by fred hembeck
XXXIXXX hembeck's tribute to ditko's CREEPY masterpiece "collector's edition"

2-page article "goodwin times" by richard howell
XXXIXXXhowell touches on ditko's work for WARREN, citing
XXXIXXX"collector's edition" as "breathtaking"
reprints page 3 of "collector's edition" from CREEPY
#10, aug 1966

8-page william dubay interview "the big push & other tales" by jon b. cooke
reprints ad for ALL STARS
#1 from VOICE OF COMICDOM #5, aug 1965, featuring
XXXIXXX (in black & white, cropped) the cover art from ALL STARS #1

2-page CLASSIC FANZINE SPOTLIGHT feature "a (rare) interview with steve ditko"
reprints bob "keith" greene's ditko interview from RAPPORT
#2, 1966
reprints ditko's
spider-man / dr. strange illustration from
XXXIXXXKOMIC HEROES OF THE FUTURE #6, 1964

COMIC BOOK ARTIST #9
published by TWOMORROWS, aug 2000

1-page editorial "the question of steve ditko" by jon b. cooke
reprints
(in black & white halftone) the cover of MYSTERIOUS SUSPENSE #1, oct 1968

22-1 / 2-page dick giordano interview "the action hero man"
XXXIXXXconducted by jon b. cooke / transcribed by jon b. knutson
reprints
(in black & white) page 11 of "after the fall a new beginning" from
XXXIXXXCAPTAIN ATOM #84, jan 1967
reprints
(in black & white halftone) page 12 of "the end is a beginning!" from
XXXIXXXBLUE BEETLE #2, aug 1967
reprints
(in black & white halftone) panel 1, page 1 of "question" from
XXXIXXXBLUE BEETLE #1, jun 1967

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