Dick Giordano

Jun
11

Direct Comments: Comic Book Creators in their Own Words

Paul Kupperberg on June 11th, 2021

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Direct Comments: Comic Book Creators in Their Own Words
The DC Direct Currents Interview Transcripts (1989 – 1991)
Conducted, Transcribed, and Annotated by Paul Kupperberg

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Jul
20

Remembering Dick Giordano (July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010)

Paul Kupperberg on July 20th, 2020
A circa-1970 self-portrait by Dick Giordano

Hard to believe it’s been almost a decade since we lost Dick Giordano, artist extraordinaire, human being extraordinaire-plus. In the decades we knew each other, he would be an object of my fannish admiration, my boss, my co-worker, my collaborator, someone in my employment as a freelancer, and, always, an inspiration.… Read the rest

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Jul
19

Super Text!

Paul Kupperberg on July 19th, 2018

Text features used to be a thing in comic books. Not just letter columns or chatty behind-the-scenes pieces like you get today, but actual short prose stories (often illustrated) starring the characters featured in the title. Stan Lee’s first published story was a Captain America prose story in that title’s third issue in 1941.… Read the rest

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Oct
1

Portraits of the Artists…

Paul Kupperberg on October 1st, 2015

…(And Writers) As Younger Men By Themselves (and Others)

A special Throwback Thursday (#TBT) post, featuring circa 1970 portraits of several artists and writers by themselves or others, culled from the sketchbook collection of my late brother, artist Alan Kupperberg. Enjoy!… Read the rest

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Apr
6

Custom Comics, Continued

Paul Kupperberg on April 6th, 2014

I don’t know how things are set up there now, but when I was still on staff at DC Comics, the company had a Special Projects department from which flowed a diverse variety of comic book and comic book-related product. Formalized sometime in the late-1970s/early-1980s under the supervision of artist and editor Joe Orlando, the department was responsible for everything from creating art and packaging for DC’s licensors to producing comic books in a range of formats for the promotion of those licensed properties and numerous social causes.… Read the rest

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Jul
28

Anatomy of a Series Proposal (Or, How to Have Your Chain Yanked Six Ways From Sunday), Part 1

Paul Kupperberg on July 28th, 2012

Back in 1989, DC Comics had procedures for getting proposals for new titles through what they called “the pipeline.” I assume they still have procedures; I wouldn’t know, since, with the exception of Karen Berger’s recent and reasoned rejection of a project I proposed to her, I haven’t tried to sell anything to DC in years.… Read the rest

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Mar
19

Charlton Spotlight on Dick Giordano and George Wildman

Paul Kupperberg on March 19th, 2012

The seventh issue of Charlton Spotlight magazine is out, containing, among other things, an interview with one-time Charlton Comics editor and Popeye artist George Wildman, as well as remembrances of another one-time Charlton Comics editor and artist, the late, great Dick Giordano.… Read the rest

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Jun
7

Before I killed Miss Grundy, Before I Killed Adrian Chase…

Paul Kupperberg on June 7th, 2011

 I killed Aquababy!

I just received in the mail my comp copies of the new Aquaman: Death of a Prince trade paperback from DC Comics. It features the entire saga of the birth and death of Arthur Curry Jr., aka Aquababy between 1974 and 1978.… Read the rest

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May
29

He Loves Peace So Much, He’s Willing to Kill For It…And He’s Downloadable, Too!

Paul Kupperberg on May 29th, 2011

Waaay back in 1988 I wrote a miniseries for DC Comics starring the Joe Gill/Pat Boyette-created character, Peacemaker. Peacemaker was originally published by Charlton Comics in 1966 as part of editor Dick Giordano’s “Action Hero Line” and lasted only a couple of years.… Read the rest

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Mar
27

Dick Giordano

Paul Kupperberg on March 27th, 2010


There are a few things I know from my 50 years of comic book reading and 35 years in the business:

In the 1960s, the comic books edited by Dick Giordano at Charlton and DC were some of the hippest and best books on the market.… Read the rest

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