ALTER EGO #72
September 2007 - 100 pages
ALTER EGO 72 spotlights Captain Carrot & The Ghost of Milt Caniff! Behind a new SCOTT SHAW! cover of the 1980s Zoo Crew, Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw! document the creation of Captain Carrot, with art & artifacts, many of them never before seen, by SCOTT SHAW!, ROY THOMAS, RICK HOBERG, STAN GOLDBERG, MIKE SEKOWSKY, JOHN COSTANZA, E. NELSON BRIDWELL, CAROL LAY, and others!
Also, there’s an incisive interview with DICK ROCKWELL, Golden Age artist (Black Diamond Western, etc.) and 36-year ghost artist on MILTON CANIFF’s Steve Canyon!
Plus, there’s P.C. Hamerlinck’s FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt, and more!
We’re also selling the complete PDF for $2.95.
It has to be said that AE is getting better in many ways. It was,if I remember correctly,brother Mike who got into the Captain Carrot And His Amazing Zoo Crew back in the 1980s and for me the series stood side-by-side with ‘Mazing Man [anyone remember that?]. The Scott Shaw! cover is,obviously,a tribute to the old Sekowsky & Anderson JLA cover of Brave & The Bold #28,March,1960.
So,lots of anthropomorphic [funny animals given human attributes/character] art and info and I think there are a lot of artists out there who could benefit from checking out the art itself. Lovely.
There is a look at Golden Age DC humour teamLarry & Martin Nadle;Mr Monster’s Comic Crypt [of course,and if you are an MLJ (Golden Age Archie Comics) fan you MUST get this one!];FCA #131 and lots more.
And in October there is the Hallowe’en special [AE #73] with a Frank Brunner cover painting of Dr Strange & Clea -the Sorcerer Supreme making a MUCH deserved cover come-back as you’ll see with….
BACK ISSUE #24
100 pages - September 2007
In BACK ISSUE 24, superstar artist MICHAEL GOLDEN takes center stage in an all-new interview examining “Golden’s Oldies” Micronauts, The ’Nam, and Dr. Strange!
There’s more Dr. Strange in this “Magic”-themed issue: GENE COLAN and PAUL SMITH talk “Pro2Pro” about the Master of the Mystic Arts, FRANK BRUNNER discusses his unforgettable stint drawing the Sorceror Supreme, and CARL POTTS and KEVIN NOWLAN are among the talents featured in a Dr. Strange Art Gallery!
Plus: BILL WILLINGHAM’s Elementals, a Zatanna history, Dr. Fate’s revival, DC’s Silverblade and Amethyst, a “Greatest Stories Never Told” look at Peter Pan, and a tribute to the late, great MARSHALL ROGERS!
There’s also art by and commentary from TERRY AUSTIN, CARY BATES, STEVE ENGLEHART, KEITH GIFFEN, CRAIG HAMILTON, MIKE LEEKE, GEORGE PÉREZ, and others, and a magical
Dr. Strange cover by Michael Golden! Includes a FREE Preview of ROUGH STUFF #6!
There’s a preview of this issue’s Michael Golden interview on the Westfield Comics web site.
We’re also selling the complete PDF for $2.95.
Again,after Comic Book Artist [volume 1] departed Twomorrows I had serious doubts they could ever replace it. I did “hmm” and “auhh” over the first couple of issues of Back Issues but it really has gone from strength-to-strength.
Take a look at that cover -and it looks even better when you are holding it in your hands!!
What is a true joy for any comics fan or artist are the vast number of pencilled/inked art pages by some of the greats -Marshall Rogers [great tribute],Gene Colan,Frank Brunner and more.
You do,of course,if you prefer [yeuch!] pdf versions,have that option with both AE and BI -and it’s much cheaper so CBOs friends in India and other far off lands can now learn more about the greats!
Both magazines are,if you haven’t guessed,highly recommended!
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