I’ve been telling BC readers for quite some time now that there are substantial, significant rewrites of comics industry history coming over the next few years. Our access to historical data, and the tools we have available to analyse that data, have improved by leaps and bounds in recent times. I was ordered by a […]
Dynamite has sent us the first issue of the Justice, Inc. series that was written by Michael Uslan and drawn by Giovanni Timpano. The new series featured the classic pulp hero The Avenger along with other iconic figures from that era, The Shadow and Doc Savage. This goes with the publishers comixology sale going on […]
Announced at New York Comic Con this weekend, publisher Lion Forge is adding three new titles to its publishing lineup: Dinosaucers by Michael Uslan and Andrew Pepoy, Wormworld Saga by Daniel Lieske, and Upgrade Soul by Ezra Clayton Daniels. First up is Dinosaucers, based on a 1980s cartoon produced by DiC Entertainment, which you may remember as the company that […]
The Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet are related. It’s one of the fun and little known facts from back when the two were both radio programs coming out of Chicago. Putting them together in one story is something a lot of writers have wanted to do. Recently, one finally did. This is sort of […]
A Writer’s Commentary: Michael Uslan talks the dramatic conclusion of Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #5, on sale now from Dynamite. Cover by Jan Duursema and interiors by Giovanni Timpano. WARNING: SPOILERS FOR LR/GH #5! Page 1: I fully appreciated the responsibility on my shoulders for the purely historic nature of this saga. I was not only to […]
Film producer and writer Michael Uslan talks with Byron Brewer about Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #3, on sale now from Dynamite. Cover by Jan Duursema and interior art by Giovanni Timpano. BYRON BREWER: Michael, you have an amazing affinity for the characters in this miniseries. Where did the notion come from to bind the lives of these […]
Dynamite has sent over a Writer 2 Writer interview where Michael Uslan, writer of Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #3, talks with writer Genevieve Valentine about Xena #6, both on sale now. Photo cover and interior art by Julius Gopez. MICHAEL USLAN: How important to you as a writer here is knowing and understanding mythology? How much […]
In his latest project, Michael Uslan has combined to classic radio show characters with a familial link into one series. Now he talks to Byron Brewer about Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #4, on sale in October from Dynamite. Cover art by Jan Duursema. BYRON BREWER: Michael, this book seems to be stacking up the great reviews […]
A Writer’s Commentary: Michael Uslan talks Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #1, on sale this week from Dynamite. Cover is by John Cassaday. Page 1 I definitely wanted to open this saga with the dual traditional openings from the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet radio shows. Putting them side-by-side shows just how parallel these two characters were […]
Michael Uslan talks Lone Ranger / Green Hornet #1, on sale in July from Dynamite. Main cover is by John Cassaday with two incentive covers by Giovanni Timpano. BYRON BREWER: Well, Michael, Dynamite is known for its wild mash-ups. However did the concept of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet come about for you? […]
Octavio Karbank is reporting from the Thunder Agents panel that there was some breaking news. There will be a new Thunder Agents comic from IDW and both a movie and television series are in the works. The TV show will have a 1960s feel to it while the movies will be more modern, focusing on […]
Comic-Book Movie expert Dr Liam Burke lead a discussion on Comic Book Film Adaptations with Tom Brevoort, Joe Kelly, Michael E. Uslan, and Mark Waid. Dr Liam Burke writes, As a media scholar I have been researching the relationship between comic books and movies for more than a decade. To mark the publication of my […]
Continuing the 4th of July weekend with free comics, here Dynamite offers up Justice, Inc #1 by Michael Uslan and Giovanni Timpano with a cover by Alex Ross. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! it’s the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith’s super-star […]
Doug Murray, co-writer of Jungle Girl: Season Three #3, talks with Shadow co-writer Michael Uslan about that character’s celebrated #100, both on sale June 24th. Covers by Matt Wagner and Robert Hack. DOUG MURRAY: It’s refreshing to see a comic with several shorter stories rather than one long one—was this [the writers’] idea or was it assigned […]
The final part of Michael Uslan’s writer commentary for the collected Justice, Inc. series starring The Avenger, The Shadow and Doc Savage. Book 4: Looking at this graphic novel as a three act structure like a screenplay, Book 4 becomes the second half of act two. Giovanni and I knew that this was going to […]
Continuing Michael Uslan’s writer commentary on the collected series Justice, Inc. that stars The Avenger, The Shadow and Doc Savage for Dynamite Entertainment. Book 2: Not only did I get to use Howard Hughes from my previous Dynamite graphic novel, but now I also get to use again good old J. Edgar Hoover. What fun! […]
Writer Michael Uslan gives us a very in-depth commentary on the collected series Justice, Inc. that he wrote for Dynamite Entertainment. Cover art by Alex Ross, interiors by Giovanni Timpano. First, the backstory: I was thrilled and honored when Nick Barucci of Dynamite Comics approached me to gauge my interest in writing an historic first […]
Michael Uslan, writer of the acclaimed Justice Inc. miniseries, answers questions about the material now re-presented in trade paperback form and on sale from Dynamite Entertainment on Wednesday, June 3rd. BYRON BREWER: Michael, first off, many and sincere congratulations! I understand – and I am sure your many fans would love to know – that […]
In the midst of all of the solicitation information coming out from Dynamite Entertainment, there was one book that should have gotten a bigger notice… and I have a feeling the publisher will be doing just that this week. The Shadow #100 features stories written by Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Chris Roberson, Victor […]
On Wednesday this week the final issue of Justice, Inc #6 will hit the comic shops. The series is written by Michael Uslan and drawn by Giovanni Timpano and stars the classic pulp characters The Shadow, The Avenger and Doc Savage. To get you ready for the final issue, Dynamite has sent over the previous issue […]
