Mark Verheiden – författare

Readers are invited into the studio spaces of some of the most popular and prolific comic artists in the world. Through dynamic photography and exclusive interviews, Masters of Comics offers a rare, personal look at these artists’ unique creative environments—spaces in which some of the greatest comics and graphic novels of the last fifty years took shape. Curated by Joel Meadows, editor of Tripwire Magazine, the book includes chapters on such legends as Milo Manara (The Ape, Click), Mike Kaluta (The Shadow ), Walter Simonson (Thor, Fantastic Four), and more.The first in a series focusing on artists at work in a variety of mediums and industries, Masters of Comics offers a glimpse “behind the veil,” shining new light on the artistic process. It’s the ultimate backstage pass for comic fans, as well as a wonderful learning tool for aspiring artists wishing to learn from the greats.

Just imagine! A full house of top indie comics characters, reunited in this second volume of prose fiction tales by the genius creators who first breathed life into them in the 1980s and beyond! Whether you lovingly remember these heroes and creators or are meeting them for the first time, you are in for a wild ride with this star-studded cast. They set the industry on fire in comics from indie publishing pioneers like First, AC, Capital, Charlton, Dynamite, Eclipse, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, and Vortex. Now, more than ever, we need them to remind us how fun and exciting comics can be. Strap in for a lineup unlike any you've seen before, crashing together old school indie pioneers and the new school trendsetters who continue to build on the revolution they started. The individual stories of each character—and the first-ever crossover event bringing many of them together—will take your breath away! Strap in for an awesome lineup, a dream team with the same raw power and quirky charm as that in Volume 1…and then some! Get a load of these superstars:·       Mike Baron - Author, Nexus·       Donna Barr – Author/Illustrator, The Desert Peach·       Bill Black – Author/Illustrator, Femforce·       Mark and Vaughn Bodē – Authors/Illustrators, Cheech Wizard and Junkwaffel·       Gary Carlson – Author, Megaton·       Howard Chaykin – Author/Illustrator, "e;Shabbos Goy"e;·       Colleen Doran – Author/Illustrator, A Distant Soil·       Garth Ennis – Author, Jamie·       Steven Grant – Author, Twilight Man·       Roberta Gregory – Author/Illustrator, Bitchy Bitch·       James Artimus Owen – Author/Illustrator, Starchild·       David Quinn – Author, Faust·       Walter Simonson – Author/Illustrator, Star Slammers·       John K. Snyder III – Author/Illustrator, Fashion in Action·       Joe and Hilarie Staton – Authors (and Illustrator, Joe Staton), E-Man and Nova Kane·       Jan Strnad – Author, Dalgoda·       Ty Templeton – Author/Illustrator, Stig's Inferno·       Mark Verheiden – Author, The American·       Henry Vogel – Author, Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves (aka X-Thieves)·       Mark Wheatley – Author/Illustrator, Frankenstein Mobster·       Bill Willingham – Author/Illustrator, Pantheon

The Complete DC Comic’s Phantom Volume 1: ISBN 978-1-61345-259-2; 11.75 x 8.25 inches; full color; hardcover; printed laminated cover; special endpapers; 224 pages of action packed of stories three through eight of the DC Comic Phantom, with scripts by Mark Verheiden and pencils and inks by Luke McDonnell; colors by Anthony Tollin; second of three volumes; includes introductory essay, extra art; $50.