You have no idea how happy I am to announce that in the new issue of Maxim (September 2009–Milla Jovovich is on the cover), you’ll find a hefty oral history of Marvel by yours truly. This sucker was the result of over a half-year of work, and comprises interviews with Stan Lee, Joe Simon, Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Jim Steranko, Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, Jim Shooter, Gary Groth, Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson, Frank Miller, John Romita Jr., Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Bob Harras, Tom DeFalco, Tom Brevoort, Sam Raimi, Louis Leterrier, Tom DeSanto, Joe Quesada, Bill Jemas, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, and Brian K. Vaughan. I haven’t had a chance to get a good luck at the final published version–my initial draft was 13,000 words long, so a lot of it had to end up on the cutting room floor–but I do know it has a pretty sweet original illustration by JRJR. I hope you enjoy it.
What a wonderful idea. The historians of the future will owe you a great debt. It sounds like something that you ought to turn into a 500+ page book, too.
Any chance you’ll be able to post the full 13,000-word version online after the issue comes out?
Yay!
Congratulations! Sounds like it was lots of hard work, but a blast as well. Will give it a read, for sure.
Ooh, I’m’a buy this.
I, for one, would love to read your complete 13,000 word version, if possible!
Thanks, everyone!
Hopefully a longer version will see the light of day in some way shape or form…
This is definitely worthy of a two-t’d HOTT!
Wow, that’s great. Big congrats!!