SHEL DORF INTERVIEWS FORRY

Comic fandom has a lot to thank Shel Dorf for. It was Dorf who first organized the now-famous San Diego Comic Convention. As a result, he became widely respected in the industry.

Dorf was a freelance artist and lettered the Steve Canyon newspaper strip for the last dozen or so years of it's run (note the caricature of him by Milton Caniff above).

Shel interviewed Forrest J Ackerman for THE BUYER'S GUIDE FOR COMICS FANDOM #183 (May 20, 1977.

BASIL WOLVERTON: MASTER OF THE GROTESQUE (PART 3)

Today's post is the second half of the GRAPHIC STORY MAGAZINE's special on Basil Wolverton. The highlight is an interview with the man himself.

RICHARD CORBEN INTERVIEW

Richard Corben is one of the most recognizable names in comics. His airbrush work, his meticulous color separations, and of course, his voluptuous women were a highlight of every publication that wisely chose to print his stories. This in-depth interview conducted by respected journalist/photographer Brad Balfour ran for two issues in HEAVY METAL (July 1981 - August 1981) and coincided with the release of the HEAVY METAL animated film.

EXTRA! An excerpt from Corben's "Bloodstar", an adaptation based on Robert E. Howard's often-reprinted "The Valley of the Worm" (WEIRD TALES, February 1934). It was published as what is generally recognized as the first "self-described" graphic novel in 1976 by The Morning Star Press. John "Brak the Barbarian" Jakes collaborated with Corben on this post-apocalyptic sword and sorcery story with Gil Kane editing.