COMIC BOOK CREATOR #47 (09 Dec Release)

CBC #47 gets positively Epic with our tribute issue devoted to Archie Goodwin¸ editor/writer supreme¸ as we talk to friends and colleagues about the exceptionally talented and much beloved man¸ with a comprehensive focus on his helmsmanship of Epic Illustrated and the eclectic and wide-ranging Epic Comics line of the ’80s. Plus¸ since we’re in the Epic groove¸ things get in-depth and definitive with a years-in-the-making¸ lengthy feature talking with Michael Wm. Kaluta and Elaine Lee about their wild and enduring Starstruck projects¸ which started as an Off-Broadway stage production and blossomed into a comic-book series that has traversed the decades. Also¸ Shaun Clancy investigates the life and art of Hal Seeger¸ animator of Batfink and Milton the Monster and comics creator of Leave It to Binky for DC and G.I. Jane for Stanhall. Additionally¸ we include a conversation with Rick Altergott in the first installment of a comprehensive interview with the Doofus creator¸ as well as a look at the best comics parodies in National Lampoon¸ with art by Neal Adams¸ Russ Heath¸ Barry Windsor-Smith¸ and others. Oh¸ all this and Hembeck¸ too! Edited by Jon B. Cooke.