ciaraldi (04/28/83)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> Right, Howie did the Fafhrd & Gray Mouser comics (based on Fritz Lieber's characters, of course). They originally premiered in an issue of Wonder Woman (just after #200, I think). Chaykin is about to premiere "American Flagg" for First Comics, which is set in the near future. I got this info from Joe Staton, who was also at a con in Rochester. He also describes "Jon Sable" as "the Mike Grell comic for people who hate Mike Grell comics." While on the subject of First Comics, Joe admits to a mistake in the first issue of "E-Man"-- the character Teddy Q (described as Einstein's Koala in an earlier message), should not have appeared in the flashback covering E-Man's origin, since he was not introduced until issue 8 of the original Charlton series. Last but not least--Is anyone else waiting for Chaykin's illustrated version of the second half of Bester's "The Stars My Destination"? According to an interview in "Comics Fandom's Forum" #10 (formerly "LOC"), the art was finished years ago, but is embroiled in the legal stuff concerning Baronet (the publisher) going out of business. I have a slipcase and Volume I that's been sitting forlornly on the shelf for years....