moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (11/14/84)
From the Nov. 23rd edition of THE COMIC BUYER'S GUIDE:
1) GOOD NEWS
Eclipse will be publishing Alan Moore's comic MARVELMAN, which has been
appearing in the British comic WARRIOR; and it will be in COLOR. Anyone who
has read Jerry Boyajian's enthusiastic reviews of this strip will appreciate
this.
2) BAD NEWS (Probably)
William Messner-Loeb's JOURNEY will no longer be published by
Aardvark-Vanheim. As of press date, it appears Fantagraphics will be
publishing it. No reason for the change was offered by either AV or
Messner-Loeb. I call this bad news, as I feel that the regularity/printing
quality of JOURNEY, easily one of the three finest comics out today, can
only go downhill. It is curious, because of any of the writers or artists
working for AV these days, I always found Mr. Messner-Loeb the most pleasant
and low-key (his letter columns are a delight).
3) MAYBE NEWS
John Byrne will be leaving the art and writing chores of ALPHA FLIGHT and
begin writing and drawing THE HULK. Bill Mantlo and the entire crew doing
the HULK presently will take over Alpha Flight. This is probably for the
best, in my opinion; ALPHA FLIGHT has been up there on my lackluster comics
list for a long time. Should be interesting....
4) BAD NEWS (but not much)
ZOT #7 will be out a little late this time, as writer/artist Scott McCloud
had an emergency appendectomy (sp?), and has been in the hospital for a
week. Cat Yrownde (more sp?) says he is recovering nicely, and should be
back to work soon. I'm sure we all send our best wishes for a speedy
recovery (except he probably isn't on Usenet...)
5) MAYBE NEWS
CBS TV has bought the option to turn DNAgents into a TV series. Well, I'm
guessing that this never gets any farther than the "options" point....
"Oh, intercourse the penguin!"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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