healyg | Currently Reading Wednesdays 7: This post is late because I spent too much time playing Advance Wars (Reply)

Currently I am reading Comic Book Rebels, by Stanley Wiater and Stephen R. Bissette. It's a series of interviews with some of the biggest names in comics in the nineties, including Alan Moore, Scott McCloud, Todd McFarlene, Harvey Pekar, etc. It's got a wide variety of artists and authors, from former artists from the underground "comix" scene in the 60s to 70s to then-new blood like Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Only three women, though: Lee Marrs, Harvey Pekar's wife Joyce Brabner, and Colleen Doran. (Also, besides Moebius, all the artists and authors in their "International Ambassadors" section are British.) It's actually a pretty interesting snapshot of the comics industry before the speculation crash. There's a hopefulness about the relatively new direct market that's about to go away soon, when the market crashes and Diamond rules as monopoly supreme. Anyway, despite a few gripes here and there it's a pretty informative book, and a good resource for those who want to find out more about comics history.

Next Time, on Currently Reading Not-Always-a-Wednesday: I'm not sure! I might just cheat again and pick another video game.