“IMWAN for all seasons.”



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 19 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:18 pm 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
Quote:
Friends - Just wanted to let you know about my new book Comic Book Fever. It's presently in Previews as a June release. The cover and introduction are by Alex Ross. Fever celebrates the pivotal comics era of 1976-1986. It's a love letter to the era, the medium, and its creators.

"Inside this full-color hardcover are new articles, interviews, and images about the people, places, characters, titles, moments, and good times that inspired and thrilled us in the Bronze Age: Neal Adams, John Romita, George Pérez, Marv Wolfman, Alan Moore, Denny O’Neil, Jim Starlin, José Luis García-López, The Hernandez Brothers, The Buscema Brothers, Stan Lee, Jack Davis, Jack Kirby, Kevin Eastman, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Frank Miller—and that’s just for starters."

Thanks!

Image

Preview: https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/comic ... 6/33903278

For me, 1976 was the perfect starting point because that's when I became cognizant of comics. I was striving to make the experience as authentic as possible. Also, the years covered here represent the era when the comics industry went through some monumental changes that still affect us today.

Comic Book Fever is a book that celebrates the pivotal comics era of 1976-1986. It’s a love letter to the medium, the era, and its creators, but it’s also a bit more than that because every chapter and sidebar carry a story, and all these stories together paint a larger picture of the entire comics industry. We’ve added many layers to this book because we wanted to make it fun and accessible to everyone.

Fever covers plenty of history. It shows how this period was a defining one for the industry. It also celebrates the exciting experience of being a reader in that era.

I spent five years working on this book. I conducted 70+ interviews to tell this story - this book is a one-shot and not part of a series. I put everything I had into it.

http://marvelmasterworksfansite.yuku.co ... -June-2016


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 

IMWAN Admin
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:48 pm 
User avatar
Helpful Librarian

Joined: Day WAN
Posts: 197103
Location: IMWAN Towers
Bannings: If you're not nice
Here's the book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1605490636/?tag=imwan-20

_________________
Image


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:07 pm 
User avatar
It scorched

Joined: 28 May 2006
Posts: 68690
Bannings: One too few . . .
They couldn't be more in my wheelhouse if they tried.

Although I think I actually enjoy the earlier Bronze Age stuff more because it's from that era when I was very young. If you gave me a choice of a Kamandi cover versus Dazzler #1, I'd go Kamandi every time.

_________________
Rom's kiss turned Rogue a hero.


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:11 pm 
User avatar
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract

Joined: 25 Oct 2007
Posts: 51037
Location: Milwaukee
Li'l Jay wrote:
They couldn't be more in my wheelhouse if they tried.

Although there is actually another era that is more in my wheelhouse.


Cool story, bro.


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:52 am 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
Li'l Jay wrote:
They couldn't be more in my wheelhouse if they tried.

I mostly posted it for you since it seemed like the book you'd write if you could -- but I know we have other Bronze Agers like Simon here that would also be highly interested.


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:54 am 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
Li'l Jay wrote:
If you gave me a choice of a Kamandi cover versus Dazzler #1, I'd go Kamandi every time.

:lol:

That doesn't sound like a very fair comparison... like if I was trying to say I like the 90s over the 80s and said, "If you gave me a choice between Kingdom Come and Dazzler #1, I'd go KC every time."


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:15 pm 
User avatar
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract

Joined: 25 Oct 2007
Posts: 51037
Location: Milwaukee
What if you were saying you prefer 1981 to 1983, and you were all "Give me Dazzler #1 over Dazzler #38 every time"?

What then?


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:29 pm 
User avatar
Manchester City Fan

Joined: 29 Dec 2006
Posts: 32252
Location: MN
Click for full size
July, 1985

:hide:


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:33 pm 
User avatar

Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Posts: 12485
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
I thought this thread was about a long over due comic dedicated to Brian Talley! :(


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:05 pm 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
Ocean Doot wrote:
What if you were saying you prefer 1981 to 1983, and you were all "Give me Dazzler #1 over Dazzler #38 every time"?

What then?

Then the universe itself explodes.


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:15 pm 
User avatar
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract

Joined: 25 Oct 2007
Posts: 51037
Location: Milwaukee
Hanzo the Razor wrote:
Ocean Doot wrote:
What if you were saying you prefer 1981 to 1983, and you were all "Give me Dazzler #1 over Dazzler #38 every time"?

What then?

Then the universe itself explodes.


Thanks, Hanzo. Now I know!


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:37 am 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
If you're on the fence -- get this book! Anyone who grew up reading comics between 1976 through 1986 would LOVE this book!


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:18 am 
User avatar
The Kilted Wonder.

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 30668
Location: Out of his mind...
Bannings: I wouldn't count on it...
Ocean Doot wrote:
Hanzo the Razor wrote:
Ocean Doot wrote:
What if you were saying you prefer 1981 to 1983, and you were all "Give me Dazzler #1 over Dazzler #38 every time"?

What then?

Then the universe itself explodes.


Thanks, Hanzo. Now I know!


And knowing is half the battle!

:salute:

_________________
"Don't look back, you're not going that way."


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:51 am 
User avatar
Biker Librarian

Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 25164
Location: On the highway, looking for adventure
Doesn't appear that they cover many of my personal favorites from the era, but still looks like a fun book.

_________________
The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls who, when he found an especially costly one, sold everything he had to buy it.


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:39 am 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
It's got a HUGE variety of topics -- which faves are you speaking of?


Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:05 pm 
User avatar
Biker Librarian

Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 25164
Location: On the highway, looking for adventure
No "Micronauts," for one thing. Or "Defenders." Or that era's "Brave and the Bold."

Although taking another look at the table of contents on AmazWAN, I notice that it does mention "Marvel Team-Up," the first "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe," the Archie comics, and some others. And now that I think about it, quite a few of my favorites were from a few years earlier, but I may have first READ them around 1976 or later. So they wouldn't be in this book's time frame, but I might have associated them with the period.

_________________
The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls who, when he found an especially costly one, sold everything he had to buy it.


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:45 am 
User avatar
Ancient Alien Theorist

Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 105341
Location: The Fourth World
Bannings: 2001
Jay, Trevor, and Simon -- did you ever get this one? I had a digital copy but the price has come down a lot among AmazWAN sellers, so I ordered a print copy for about $20 including shipping. Check out the AmazWAN link to see a preview, but trust me that this is a book made especially for you -- covers comics from 1976 to 1986. Trevor, it even covers stuff like Elfquest.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1605490636/?tag=imwan-20

And Simon, if it's too expensive to do print in Australia, you can get the digital version on the cheap right here.

And here's an interview with the author. And a lengthy video review. AND LADIES I DO MEAN 'LENGTHY'.



Top
  Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:56 am 
User avatar
It scorched

Joined: 28 May 2006
Posts: 68690
Bannings: One too few . . .
I might have bought it. I can't remember and will have to look.

_________________
Rom's kiss turned Rogue a hero.


Top
  Profile  
 
 Post subject: TwoMorrows: Comic Book Fever!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:23 am 
User avatar
...

Joined: 26 Oct 2006
Posts: 59410
I will attempt to buy this book. I must have missed this thread when it first appeared.

It really does look like something I'd love. :thumbsup:

_________________
"They'll bite your finger off given a chance" - Junkie Luv (regarding Zebras)


Top
  Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 19 posts ]   



Who is WANline

Users browsing this forum: Amazon [Bot], Apple [Bot], Bing [Bot], Google [Bot] and 1 guest


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  


Powdered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited

IMWAN is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide
a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk.