Howard Chaykin
Subtitle: conversations
By: edited by Brannon Costello
Contributors: Costello, Brannon, 1975-
Series: Conversations with comics artists
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781604739756; 9781604739763
Subjects: Authorship; Interviews; Cartoonists; Comic books, strips
Description: "One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b. 1950) has earned a reputation as a visionary formal innovator and a compelling storyteller whose comics offer both pulp-adventure thrills and thoughtful engagement with real-world politics and culture. His body of work is defined by the belief that comics can be a vehicle for sophisticated adult entertainment and for narratives that utilize the medium's unique properties to explore serious themes with intelligence and wit. Beginning with early interviews in fanzines and concluding with a new interview conducted in 2010 with the volume's editor, Howard Chaykin: Conversations collects widely ranging discussions from Chaykin's earliest days as an assistant for such legends as Gil Kane and Wallace Wood to his recent work on titles including Dominic Fortune, Challengers of the Unknown, and American Century. The book includes 35 line illustrations selected from Chaykin, as well. As a writer/artist for outlets such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and Heavy Metal, he has participated in and influenced many of the major developments in mainstream comics over the past four decades. He was an early pioneer in the graphic novel format in the 1970s, and his groundbreaking sci-fi satire American Flagg! was an essential contribution to the maturation of the comic book as a vehicle for social commentary in the 1980s."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Howie Chaykin unmasked! / Dave Sim, 1975; title: The Chaykin tapes / Jerry Durrwachter, Ed Mantels, and Kenn Thomas, 1978; title: The Howard Chaykin interview / Richard Howell, 1982; title: Howard Chaykin / Paul Duncan and John Jackson, 1984; title: Howard Chaykin: heading for time / Ed Bryant, 1985; title: Howard Chaykin puts it all back together again / Kim Thompson, 1987; title: Howard Chaykin: home on the plexus range / Kim Howard Johnson, 1988; title: Rrrrrred2 / Paul Gravett, 1988; title: Howard Chaykin / Robert Hambrecht, 1988; title: Writer/artist: Howard Chaykin / Hugh Surratt and Jeff Gelb, 1989; title: Real world bravado / Kim Howard Johnson, 1994; title: An interview with - Howard Chaykin / Richard Relkin, 1994; title: Sting of the scorpion / Jon B. Cooke, 2001; title: Still Chaykin after all these years: a life in American comics / Jon B. Cooke, 2004; title: My lunch with Howard Chaykin / Philip Schweier, 2004; title: An afternoon with Howard Chaykin / Brannon Costello, 2010.