Comic Book Creator #38 June 2025 (magazine review).
‘Comic Book Creator’ has gone bi-monthly. Best to point that out.
The opening article by editor/writer Jon B. Cooke looks at how a bunch of comic book creators, mostly Marvel ones, spent time in California to get away from noisy New York and still get their work in back in the 1970s. While there, they talked with ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine about doing a comic book insert, which didn’t go ahead when they cited corporations as being the villains and the mag being run by a corporation. In the meantime, Frank Brunner, Alan Weiss and Jim Starlin created Studio Zero to work in, its name coming from the floor with no number.
Oddly, I found this edition to be somewhat lacking in substance, primarily due to the abundance of small articles, which makes it more difficult to review or identify any that particularly stood out.
Of course, the bigger selling point is with comic book creator Rick Veitch. I have to confess I haven’t seen much of his work over his career, but he gives some fascinating insights into the industry, from the Big Two to the independents. Please set aside a couple of hours to read straight through.
GF Willmetts
October 2025
(pub: TwoMorrows Publishing. 114 page illustrated magazine. Price: $10.95 (US). ISSN: 401-783-1689. Direct from them, you can get it for $10.95 (US)).
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