Roy Thomas?

[Ijiwaru Sensei]

Does anybody know what Roy Thomas is up to these days? Is he doing anything comic book related?

[binarysunrise]

Besides Alter Ego?

[howardhallis]

He has his own magazine!

 

ALTER-EGO MAGAZINE

 

My wife Jesse and I are in the recent issue!

[CGCMINT]

Has issue #59 been out yet?

 

http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55&products_id=371

 

or

 

http://outside-affiliatelinksnotallowed.com/qm8tm

 

John

[binarysunrise]

My wife Jesse and I are in the recent issue!

 

So why are you in the issue? Spill it

 

I actually was just talking with Roy the other day about writing an article for AE. Seems like the magazine touches on those topics everyone is interested in, yet no one takes the time to address...

 

I do wish though that I could afford a regular subscription...

[Scrooge]

Has issue #59 been out yet?

 

http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55&products_id=371

 

Yes, that issue has been out for a while.

 

Aside for his AE work, actual comic book work from Roy recently span:

 

1) Stoker's Dracula

2) Giant-Size Invaders # 2

3) a failed attempt at a limited JSA series; failed because of the control DC wanted to have over Roy's story

4) his Anthem series for Heroic Publishing - Issue # 4

5) several upcoming books including: Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe by Roy (with Stan), All-Star Companion Vol. 2, ...

 

He's keeping busy.

[Scrooge]

I actually was just talking with Roy the other day about writing an article for AE. Seems like the magazine touches on those topics everyone is interested in, yet no one takes the time to address...

 

I do wish though that I could afford a regular subscription...

 

If I remember correctly which dealer it was, Dale Roberts had a short box of Alter Ego at the Chicago show with a price tag of $3 a piece. You should try to contact him and see if he'll sell them to you for cheap. He was probably trying to move them anyway. His ebay story is here.

[howardhallis]

So why are you in the issue? Spill it

 

[Scrooge]

 

Can't wait to get the mag to see the rest. Switching to DCBS, I have to wait a little longer before I see it. Way cool

[Cody_Starbuck]

It seems to me that we have lost a great host of good writers from the 70s that aren't getting their props: Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, Gerry Conaway, Bill Mantlo (lost to injury), Archie Goodwin (lost to death), David Anthony Kraft, Marv Wolfman, and Don McGregor.

 

Maybe it is just that they couldn't adapt to changes in the industry. Maybe they couldn't adapt to the illegalization of thought ballons. But I feel that the contribution that these people made to comics are being underappreciated.

[Pirate]

wolfman is back, thomas runs his own magazine.

[Cody_Starbuck]

wolfman is back, thomas runs his own magazine.

 

I know Wolfman is supposed to write a limited number of Nightwing issues. Has that become something more?

 

Also, Steve Gerber has been doing work for DC too.

[spillred]

Off topic probably, but those alternate Strange Tales covers are fantastic -- really really cool.

 

http://www.howardhallis.com/drstrange/customs/index.html

[howardhallis]

Off topic probably, but those alternate Strange Tales covers are fantastic -- really really cool.

 

http://www.howardhallis.com/drstrange/customs/index.html

 

[binarysunrise]

If I remember correctly which dealer it was, Dale Roberts had a short box of Alter Ego at the Chicago show with a price tag of $3 a piece. You should try to contact him and see if he'll sell them to you for cheap. He was probably trying to move them anyway. His ebay story is here.

 

Thanks, I just found a lot of the past 15 issues on ebay for around that price Can't wait to read them finally!

[VintageComics]

Can someone explain this to me:

 

Maybe they couldn't adapt to the illegalization of thought ballons

[Scrooge]

If I remember correctly which dealer it was, Dale Roberts had a short box of Alter Ego at the Chicago show with a price tag of $3 a piece. You should try to contact him and see if he'll sell them to you for cheap. He was probably trying to move them anyway. His ebay story is here.

 

Thanks, I just found a lot of the past 15 issues on ebay for around that price Can't wait to read them finally!

 

Good! I saw that lot last night as well but didn't know what your budget was. Plenty of cool reading in there.

[Scrooge]

Can someone explain this to me:

 

Maybe they couldn't adapt to the illegalization of thought ballons

 

Check a BA and Modern book and you'll notice that thought balloons are going the way of the dodo. That's what the poster is saying: writing styles have evolved. Less thought balloons, no more omniscient caption, disappearing footnotes and path arrows and the pity of disappearing single-issue stories (Thank G. for Jonah Hex).

[VintageComics]

Can someone explain this to me:

 

Maybe they couldn't adapt to the illegalization of thought ballons

 

Check a BA and Modern book and you'll notice that thought balloons are going the way of the dodo. That's what the poster is saying: writing styles have evolved. Less thought balloons, no more omniscient caption, disappearing footnotes and path arrows and the pity of disappearing single-issue stories (Thank G. for Jonah Hex).

 

 

I thought someone actually made thought balloons illegal. Now a days you never know....

[binarysunrise]

 

Thanks, I just found a lot of the past 15 issues on ebay for around that price Can't wait to read them finally!

 

Good! I saw that lot last night as well but didn't know what your budget was. Plenty of cool reading in there.

 

Yea, I justified it to my wife as "research".....