READING 833 556 Paul Levitz

READING

A very small book that you probably couldn’t get hold of, but should: TALES FROM A TINY ROOM by Wayne Ree. Delightful very, very short stories contemplating the peculiarities of…

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WILL EISNER IS COMING… 1280 1280 Paul Levitz

WILL EISNER IS COMING…

Well, WILL EISNER: CHAMPION OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is, anyway. Part of the fun of doing a historical book is trying to make the pieces of the story fit. Take…

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Doctor Fate #5 608 935 Paul Levitz

Doctor Fate #5

In case it’s not obvious from the work, I’m greatly enjoying doing the new DOCTOR FATE series. The collaboration with Sonny Liew is a special joy, from his innovative covers…

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NYCC 2015 Will Eisner PANEL 956 411 Paul Levitz

NYCC 2015 Will Eisner PANEL

Raina Telgemeier, Todd McFarlane, Denis Kitchen and me in conversation on Will Eisner : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIO7VMcsngs&feature=youtu.be

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SCHEDULES IN A BRONZE AGE… 150 150 Paul Levitz

SCHEDULES IN A BRONZE AGE…

One of my first ‘business’ tasks at DC was helping to create the annual production schedule for 1974 or 1975, after proofreader Gerta Gattel retired. Gerta was a meticulous woman,…

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IN A MUSEUM? 150 150 Paul Levitz

IN A MUSEUM?

Smiling at the sight of a couple of issues of ETCETERA & THE COMIC READER hanging on the wall of the NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. They’ve mounted an exhibit entitled…

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READING 150 150 Paul Levitz

READING

Unsurprisingly, one of the great pleasures of my life. When I went back to my elementary school four decades later, one of the two places I could find unaided was…

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Nice moments at NYCC 150 150 Paul Levitz

Nice moments at NYCC

I always enjoy seeing old friends at cons, but Saturday evening had a nice twofer: the reception for Michael Uslan’s new T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS project gave me a good smile for…

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Retro-reading 150 150 Paul Levitz

Retro-reading

People always ask writers where they get their ideas. It’s mostly an indirect process, and often we don’t really know where we get our ideas. But once in a while…

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WILL EISNER: CHAMPION OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL 400 374 Paul Levitz

WILL EISNER: CHAMPION OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

A lavishly illustrated coffee table book traces (and contextualizes) Eisner’s career as groundbreaking cartoonist, businessman, educator, graphic novelist, and ultimately, evangelist and champion of the comics form as art and…

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