I’ve always admired the hell out of Denny O’Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020). I admired his skill as a writer. I admired his ability to continually grow and hone his craft, whether in comic books or prose. I admired the simple, surefooted way he approached story and dialogue and his calm, confident style of editing, as well as his knack for explaining and teaching what he knew.… Read the rest
Pat Boyette
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Paul Kupperberg on June 25th, 2019
In 1988, I wrote a 4-issue PEACEMAKER miniseries (based on the original Charlton Comics character, created, written, and drawn by the late, great Pat Boyette), which featured art by Tod Smith and Pablo Marcos, but another deep dive into the files reveals the following proposal for an ongoing PEACEMAKER series that I pitched, apparently after the cancellation of CHECKMATE #33 (January 1991), where the character had been appearing since his reintroduction in VIGILANTE a few years earlier.… Read the rest
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From Ghostly Haunts #52 (October 1976), “A Sleep of Ages,” a seven-page horror story distinguished only by the Pat Boyette painted cover and interior art by S*T*E*V*E* D*I*T*K*O*!
And while I know Ditko didn’t color it red himself, it was either a coincidence that the medallion the thieves are after is this Spider-Man-face-looking little object that wound up that color (red, after all, does pop on the page and the medallion was the focal point of the panel), or someone in the office decided to have a little fun.… Read the rest
Continue reading about The Wayback Machine: Ghostly Haunts #52, 1976
You know about Charlton Neo, don’t you? The Charlton Comics Facebook page started by Fester Faceplant that lead to what was supposed to be a one-off “fan” publication The Charlton Arrow, which somehow blossomed into Charlton Neo, the little comic book company with a big heart that I help oversee with pals Roger McKenzie and Mort Todd.… Read the rest
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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
The end of this unpublished 1980s Archie Comics superhero story (Part I, Part II, and Part III here) I scripted, with art by the amazing Pat Boyette. As always, click on the images to view the images at a readable size…
CAT-GIRL AND THE BLACK QUEEN, Part 3
© Archie Comics
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More of this unpublished 1980s Archie Comics superhero story (Part I and Part II here) I scripted, with art by the incomparable Pat Boyette. As always, click on the images to see them at a readable size…
CAT-GIRL AND THE BLACK QUEEN, Part 3
© Archie Comics
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I ran the first five pages of this unpublished 1980s Archie Comics superhero story here. And now (click on the images to see them in a readable size), the next exciting episode of…
CAT-GIRL AND THE BLACK QUEEN, Part 2
© Archie Comics
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Nowadays I’m not sure who comics are for, but they used to be for kids. A long time ago, during one of their periodic attempts to do superhero comics–late 70s, early 80s–I did a job for Archie Comics, re-writing a script for a character called Cat-Girl.… Read the rest
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