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Today is also Gil Kane's birthday. Kane is right behind Kirby in my comic book pantheon: a brilliant storyteller whose work radiated both grace and power. From Green Lantern to the Hulk, Spider-Man to Conan—and so many more—he was one of the true masters of the form.
So many great creative minds guiding JUSTICE LEAGUE/JL UNLIMITED: Bruce Timm, @JTuckerAnimator, Stan Berkowitz, Dwayne McDuffie... A freelancer couldn't go wrong with those guys in charge.
I was amused and delighted to see the nation of Bialya referenced in WW 84. 30+ years ago, as a joke, I named the country after a bialy (a traditional Jewish bread; like a bagel, but softer)—and there it is in a major motion picture. The gods of Yiddish are surely smiling.
The upcoming BATMAN: DEATH IN THE FAMILY Blu-ray includes two shorts I wrote ("Death" and "Adam Strange") along with a Sgt. Rock short (written by @iamtimsheridan, @WalterSimonson & @LouiseSimonson2) featuring The Creature Commandos, one of the first series I created at DC.
Today is also Jack Kirby's birthday. Without Kirby's storytelling genius, there probably wouldn't be a comic book business today—and all of us who toil in the fields of imagination owe him an incalculable debt. Happy Birthday, Jack...wherever in this crackling cosmos you are!
I take a look back at the origins of MOONSHADOW:
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A look back at DOCTOR STRANGE: INTO SHAMBALLA.
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The final issue of SCOOBY APOCALYPSE is out today. Thanks to all the Scooby fans who enthusiastically supported this wonderfully weird book for the past three years. It's been a great ride!
A fellow Twitterite brought this to my attention: a letter teenage JMD wrote to the SUB-MARINER comic book in 1970. I have absolutely no memory of this, but, man, that kid was clearly obsessed with Doctor Strange! (Guess it paid off in the end.)