Proofreader ERIC NOLEN-WEATHINGTON Cover Art DAVE STEVENS, GILBERT HERNANDEZ & JAIME HERNANDEZ Cover Color HOMER REYES Production JON B. COOKE GREAT SWAMP GRAPHICS
LOVE AND ROCKETEERS: THE ’80s VANGUARD DAVE STEVENS INTERVIEW: OF HOLLYWOOD AND HEROES The man behind the Rocketeer on his life in the comics, the movies and the pin-ups ........................................12 MARIO HERNANDEZ INTERVIEW: A LOVE OF COMICS Big brother goes first in our special Hernandez hermanos section ......................................................................34 GILBERT HERNANDEZ INTERVIEW: DOWN PALOMAR WAY Chris Knowles chats with Beto on Heartbreak Soup, Palomar, and a post-punk sensibility ................................44 JAIME HERNANDEZ INTERVIEW: THE MECHANIC OF LOVE Xaime gets the CBA treatment complete with in-depth interview by Chris Knowles and tons o’ rare art............56 MATT WAGNER INTERVIEW: THE ARTIST DEFINED The creator of Mage and Grendel talks to Chris Knowles about a life of independence......................................66 DEAN MOTTER INTERVIEW: MISTER X-MAN The writer/artist/designer on the man behind the City of Dreams, the City of Nightmares ................................76 PAUL RIVOCHE INTERVIEW: THE MISTER X-FILES The renowned designer discusses his involvement in the creation of ’80s icon Mister X ....................................90 SANDY PLUNKETT INTERVIEW: THE BEST ARTIST YOU NEVER HEARD OF Tim Barnes answers the question of who is Sandy Plunkett and how does he do such superb artwork? ..........100 Opposite: Detail of Dave Stevens’ cover art to The Rocketeer: The Official Movie Adaptation. ©2001 Dave Stevens. Top: Four unpublished panels by & ©2001 Jaime Hernandez. Below: Luba at various stages of life by & ©2001 Gilbert Hernandez. All letters of comment, articles and artwork, please mail to: Jon B. Cooke, Editor, Comic Book Artist, P.O. Box 204, West Kingston, RI 02892-0204 Phone: (401) 783-1669 • Fax: (401) 783-1287 • E-mail: jonbcooke@aol.com
Transcribers JON B. KNUTSON BRIAN K. MORRIS SAM GAFFORD Logo Designer/Title Originator ARLEN SCHUMER Mascot WOODY by J.D. King Issue Theme Song PEACE ON EARTH U2 Visit CBA on our Website at: www.twomorrows.com /comicbookartist/
Contributors Dave Stevens • Gilbert Hernandez Jaime Hernandez • Dean Motter Mario Hernandez • Paul Rivoche Matt Wagner • Sandy Plunkett Alex Toth • Michael T. Gilbert Chris Knowles • Tim Barnes Dean Smith • Jerry K. Boyd Chris Pitzer • Eric Reynolds Kim Thompson & Fantagraphics Arlen Schumer • Fred Hembeck Jon B. Knutson • Brian K. Morris Sam Gafford • Greg Preston J.P. Shannon • Shawna Ervin-Gore Dark Horse • John R. Cochran Scott Saavedra • Bob Beerbohm John Totleben • Larry Ivie dedicated to my sister
Becky Cooke and in memory of
Barbara Knutson Jerry DeFuccio Johnny Craig Chuck Cuidera Barbara Rausch Herbert Block and in celebration of the newborn arrivals of
Lily Morrow and Violet Knowles and to the spirit and everlasting endurance of the birthplace & home of american comic books
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