Author Archives: Mr. Morrow
Three new mags now shipping from TwoMorrows!
Bwah-hah! Draw! #32 (80 full-color pages, $8.95), yuks it up with super-star penciler Howard Porter (Justice League 3000, Justice League of America, Superman Beyond) as he monologues and demos the creative process that has made him a top-tier penciler for DC Comics. Then we heckle power penciler Jamal Igle (Supergirl, Molly Danger, Zatanna) into spilling his guts about everything from storyboarding to penciling for the big boys, as he gives a breakdown of his working methods. Plus our regular line-up of columnists demonstrate their shtick: Crusty Critic Jamar Nicholas reviewing art supplies, Jerry Ordway showing the Ord-Way of doing comics, and Comic Art Bootcamplessons with Bret Blevins and Draw! editor Mike Manley. No matter how you frame it, this issue kills!
You can view a FREE preview and order the PRINT EDITION (at 15% off with a FREE digital edition) or DIGITAL EDITION ONLY (just $3.95) HERE!
Jack Kirby Collector #68 (100 full-color pages, $10.95) spotlights Key Kirby Characters! In it, we examine pivotal characters Jack created throughout his career (including some that might surprise you)! Plus there’s a look at what would’ve happened if Kirby had never left Marvel Comics for DC, the 2015 Kirby Tribute Panel from WonderCon (featuring Neal Adams, Darwyn Cooke, Fred Van Lente, Crystal Skillman, and Len Wein), Mark Evanier and other regular columnists, and galleries of rare and unseen Kirby pencil art! All behind a recently-discovered 1960s Kirby illo of Dr. Doom, newly inked by Concrete’s Paul Chadwick! Edited by John Morrow.
You can view a free preview and order the Print Edition (at 15% off with a FREE digital edition) or Digital Edition Only (just $4.95) HERE!
In Alter Ego #142 (80 full-color pages, $8.95), super-fan David Siegel talks to Richard Arndt about how, from 1991 to 2005, he tracked down some of the greatest and hardest-to-find artists of the Golden Age and brought them to the San Diego Comic-Con! Featuring art and artifacts by those classic talents, including Ramona Fradon, Chad Grothkopf, Sheldon Moldoff, Harry Lampert, Chuck Cuidera, Creig Flessel, Paul Norris, Vin Sullivan, Joe Giella, Irv Novick, Kurt Schaffenberger, and others! Plus: Rich Morrissey on how Golden/Silver Age star writer John Broome got to the Con! Also, Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt, FCA (Fawcett Collector’s of America) section, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas.
You can view a free preview and order the print edition (at 15% off with a FREE digital edition) or Digital Edition Only (just $3.95) HERE!
Whirlwind Comic-Con and LEGO events!
The last two weeks have been a frenzy of comics and travel for TwoMorrows! After a full week in San Diego for Comic-Con International, plus a week of va-cay, we’re back in the saddle this week, getting caught up on all the emails, orders, and deadlines that have piled up while we were traveling. Thanks to everyone for their patience while we were away, and for the warm greetings we received at our booth out West!
But lest you think we’re done with conventions for the summer, I say thee nay! This weekend, it’s BrickFair in Chantilly, Virginia, one of our favorite LEGO-related conventions. And simultaneously, we’ll have a booth at BrickFest in Anaheim (CA), where we’ll likewise be promoting BrickJournal magazine to all the LEGO fans on both coasts!
Hope to see you there!
Visit TwoMorrows at Comic-Con at our GIANT booth #1301 this week!
We’ll be at our DOUBLE-SIZE BOOTH #1301-1303, with 40% OFF almost everything!
It’s located just through the main doors for Hall B1 and B2, next to the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion.
Get there early to pick up these debut/pre-release new issues of our magazines, before they’re available in stores:
• Jack Kirby Collector (#68)
• Alter Ego (#142)
• Back Issue (#91)
• Draw (#32)
• BrickJournal (#41)
We’ll also have a limited quantity of these new books debuting at Comic-Con, a month or more before they’ll be in stores:
• Comic Book Fever (George Khoury’s look at his his personal golden age of comics, 1976-1986)
• The MLJ Companion (the complete history of the Archie Comics superhero characters, from the Mighty Crusaders to Dark Circle)
And don’t miss Brandon Griffith’s awesome Comic Bricks display at our booth, featuring LEGO recreations of classic comic book covers!
On Friday night, we’ll be at the Eisner Awards ceremony, where we’re nominated for not one, not two, but THREE EISNER AWARDS for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism for:
Back Issue
Alter Ego
Jack Kirby Collector
On Saturday, from 5:00 – 6:00pm in Room 23ABC, to celebrate the impending release of our MLJ Companion book, we’re hosting this panel:
Archie Comics’ Super-Heroes: The Mighty Crusaders from MLJ to Dark Circle
Join moderator Rik Offenberger, along with TwoMorrows Publisher John Morrow, Archie Comics President Mike Pellerito, comic historians Chris Squires, Jim Simon (son of comics legend Joe Simon), and Michael Uslan (Batman movie producer) for a lively conversation about the Mighty Crusaders in all their incarnations from the Golden Age to today—as well as information about The MLJ Companion book, debuting at Comic-Con from TwoMorrows Publishing.
And we’ll be on hand for the annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, Sunday, 10:00-11:15 AM in Room 5AB:
Featuring Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Kirby biographer Ray Wyman, Jr., Scott Dunbier, (Director of Special Projects for IDW Publishing) and attorney Paul S. Levine. It’s moderated by former Kirby assistant Mark Evanier.
See you this week at booth #1301!
Back Issue #90 features Eighties Ladies
Now shipping from us (and in stores next Wednesday) is Back Issue #91, featuring Eighties Ladies of the comics. Elektra, Dazzler, and many more turned heads during that decade, and editor Michael Eury has assembled a massive history of those famous femmes.
You can view a free preview and order the Print Edition (at 15% off with a free digital edition) or Digital Edition only (just $3.95) HERE!
50% Off BrickJournal, now through July 17
For the next 10 days, we’re offering all in-stock issues of BrickJournal (except the brand new one, #41) at HALF-PRICE! So take this chance to complete your collection at 50% off.
Several issues are about to sell-out, so don’t delay! CLICK HERE to download an interactive PDF flyer of all our issues! (Then just click on any cover to be taken to its ordering page.)
LEGO robots invade BrickJournal #40!
Nothing says July 4 like hot dogs, fireworks,and giant LEGO robots. So don’t miss BrickJournal #40, shipping today from (who else) TwoMorrows.
Builders Benjamin Cheh Ming Hann and Kelvin Low demonstrate how to build mechas, and Seth Higgins shows us his amazing transforming LEGO robots! And even cyborgs will love our regular features on Minifigure Customization by Jared K. Burks, AFOLs by cartoonist Greg Hyland, step-by-step “You Can Build It” instructions by Christopher Deck, DIY Fan Art by BrickNerd Tommy Williamson, Mindstorms robotics lessons, and more! Edited as always by Joe Meno.
Preview the issue, and order your copy at 15% off here!
Rich Buckler headlines Alter Ego #141
From Detroit to Deathlok, Alter Ego #141 ships today, spotlighting RICH BUCKLER! You can see a free preview, and order print or digital editions, HERE!