Cover Me 224

Cover Me 224

For a book written by Kurt Busiek, it doesn’t matter what the cover looks like… I’m buying it. But this cover was pretty good.
Behind the books – Book 21

Behind the books – Book 21

With the success of the first part of the story about Lisa Moore’s battle with breast cancer as it ran in the newspapers, my syndicate, King Features, began to seek a publisher for the work. They found one at Penguin Putnam under their Perigee imprint. At the...
Behind the Books – Book 20

Behind the Books – Book 20

And so we come to the penultimate volume in the collection of the band strips from Funky Winkerbean. Colorist Lee Loughridge once again lends his coloring to the cover, and, once again I prove how coming up with snappy short titles is not my forte. It is a funny title...
Splash Splash 18

Splash Splash 18

Here’s a pretty extreme example of an expository splash page. There’s enough expository dialog here to choke a horse. First the readers are brought up to speed, and then the stage is set. All served beautifully by Gene Colan’s art which turns it into...