Most people in the industry know that my best friend is Denys Cowan. Denys is one of the greatest comic book artists that the business has ever seen. He’s the artist a lot of other artists look at and as to underscore that fact he’s been nominated for not one but two Eisner awards for…
This week I received a very early Christmas gift! It’s something I’m dying to tell everyone, but I have to be cool for at least a little while. However… If I tell people what it’s not then I can talk about it without talking about it! And… if someone guesses what it is, how is…
Please refer to part 1 and part 3 of this series for background. Part 2 was my attempt to try and underscore what I was trying to get across by writing these series of articles. Yeah, I still have no idea why I wrote part 2 either. To recap, I had an idea to get…
Please refer to Part 1 of this series. Part 2 was my attempt to try and underscore what I was trying to get across. Yeah, I have no idea why I did it either. To recap, I was breaking down my deal that put comic books in the school system. The program was called The…
I was going to finish up the how and whys of the Action File school system deal this week and begin The Guardian Line Christian publishing deal. I’ve decided to take a step back and deal with some important particulars about these deal-making articles. I’ve gotten some feedback in person and by email over the…
I’m not bragging when I say I’ve got a ridiculous résumé, and by ridiculous I mean bad ass and by bad ass I mean impressive and by impressive I mean… you know. Really. I am not bragging. Consider one of my favorite sayings from the great philosopher Yogi Berra, who said “It ain’t bragging if…
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… That line has nothing to do with this column. I just love starting a piece with “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” I mean how cool is that? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I started to…
I’m not kidding. I’ll say it again. I’m not Michael Davis. Once more, I’m Not Michael Davis and I’m getting pretty tired of people thinking I am. Allow me to explain… Some years back I received a call from news outlets asking for my response to Tom Cruise’s winning of a lawsuit. For those of…
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Comics made the mainstream news only with some event regular folk could understand and think was worth going into a comic book store for the first time…ever. Superman is dead. Superman gets married. Which is the same thing as being dead. Spider-Man gets married. Spider-Man…
Please read last week’s article before this final installment. Maybe, just maybe Grell wouldn’t ask me. I mean he had yet to speak one single word to me in the two plus hours I was in his room. No such luck. After Grell asked everyone in the room he turned to me. “What did you…
Please take a look at last week’s installment before continuing on… As I said, I’ve had a very interesting career in comics. Denys Cowan and I were biding time until the premier of Mike Grell’s Jon Sable series on television. I’d been invited to watch it in Mike Grell’s hotel room and I invited Denys….
I’ve had a very interesting career in comics. I’ve done some pretty interesting things in my career. Co-founded Milestone Media, created The Action Files, the only line of comics taught as a curriculum in the school system and created another universe, The Guardian Line, for African-American churches and Christian book stores. When DC comics launched…
