Dematteis as a form of catharsis over the series cancellation. There are a lot of people getting into comics as a steppingstone to film work. Credits include spiderman, moonshadow, brooklyn dreams, justice league, abadazad, hero squared, the life and times of savior 28. Without any new projects to promote or announcements to make, veteran writer dematteis took a casual look back at his career and answered a few questions. Expanded from a wellreceived comic into a hybrid textandgraphicnovel format, this first of a planned four episodes introduces sullenbutsensitive teen diarist kate jameson. In this exclusive interview, we discuss his comic creating process, changes to the industry, and his next big project. Sep 28, 2006 abadazad heroine casts spell on girls and boys author j. Muth to produce moonshadow, a work published in book form by marvel that was noted for being the first fully painted comic series. And these are interleafed with the graphic pages showing the current action. No more or less than its already been reflected in the story. Dematteiswas a professional musician and rock music journalist before entering the comic book field, where he worked on such flagship marvel and dc characters as superman, spiderman, batman, silver surfer, and the justice league.
Dematteis, john marc ellis, michael lombego, wally bio. Attack of the 50 year old comic books a look back at some really old comics by an even older comics fan. Abadazad began life as a crossgen comic book before morphing into a three book series published by disneys hyperion books for children. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Each week, the comics observer spotlights three brand new releases worth checking out that should be suitable for someone who has never read comic books, graphic novels or manga before. Dematteis took a look back at his long career during wondercon 20, with notable work including moonshadow, kravens last hunt and abadazad. Dematteis was a professional musiciansinger and rock music journalist before entering comics in the late 70s. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Lost, alone and confused, the gang struggles to regroup as fred and his monster horde slowly close. Dematteis has written almost all of the major dc and marvel iconsincluding memorable runs on spiderman his classic kravens last hunt was voted number one in a 2012 comic book resources poll of spiderman stories and number twelve in a 2017. Dematteis justice league, amazing spiderman and mike cavallaro the life and times of savior 28, decelerate blue. Remaining with marvel throughout much of the 1980s, dematteis followed moonshadow with blood. Dematteis, author of justice league international, volume one, on librarything. Following the release of the brilliant first issue of his new miniseries with michael cavallaro, the life and times of savior 28, veteran comics writer j. The greatest nonteam in comics gets the epic treatment. Its a graphic installment of part of one of the earlier. The weirding spoke to author and comic book creator, j. To have abadazad become a part of that history, that legacy, is a genuine honor.
Dematteis and mike cavallaro travel with impossible. Imaginalis, a young adult novel written by series writer j. Film is very much sequential and youve worked in both television and movies. Dematteis has written almost all of the major dc and marvel iconsincluding memorable runs on spiderman his classic kravens last hunt was voted number one in a 2012 comic book resources poll. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Aug 21, 2018 discover book depositorys huge selection of j m dematteis books online. Dematteis has worked in the comic book business for more than 30 years, writing the adventures of such marvel and dc icons as spiderman, superman, batman, and captain america. Dematteis has worked on all three, along with comics starring green lantern, justice league, and a rebooted version of the scooby doo gang. He is perhaps best known for the intensely personal visions of moonshadow and brooklyn dreams, as well as with cowriter keith giffen the superhero comedy of justice league and hero squared. The real novel looks like pages out of the old story book that the two children have been reading, even to starting with bits of sentences from the previous unseen page. His most famous personal works include moonshadow and brooklyn. Abadazad began life as a crossgen comic book before morphing into a threebook series published by disneys hyperion books for children.
A tale, a vampire story with mythic undertones that features art by kent williams. Still grieving five years after the mysterious disappearance of beloved little brother matt, she finds herself transported from brooklyn to the land of abadazad, the distinctly ozlike setting of a supposedly fictional. Dematteis was a professional musician and rock music journalist before entering the comic book field. Dematteis and mike ploog, abadazad was a victim of the crossgen collapse. Six comics whose creators would bring them back via kickstarter. Dematteis, author of moonshadow, abadazad, and more. In 2010, harpercollins published dematteiss fantasy novel imaginaliswhich the school. Very disappointing, and i still dont know how to get the 3rd book.
His most famous personal works include moonshadow and. Dematteis was a professional musician and rock music journalist before entering the comic book field, where he worked on such flagship marvel and dc characters as superman, spiderman, batman, silver surfer, and the justice league. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Dematteis has been working in the comic business for nearly 30 years. Dematteis answers questions about katie, the lead character in his new book abadazad. Dematteis has also written creator owned works for marvels epic and dc comics vertigo. Dematteiss 2009 graphic novel, the life and times of savior 28, was called one of the finest superhero stories of the decade by newsarama.
M dematteis is a comic book writer famous for many things, including the classic kravens last hunt storyline that ran on all the spiderman titles of those days. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Dematteis has written almost all of the major dc and marvel iconsincluding memorable runs on spiderman his classic kravens last hunt was voted the number one spiderman story in a 2012 comic book. Dematteis spotlight panel on sunday morning at wondercon 20 just added to the intimate feel.
I bring a certain spiritual point of view to everything i do. Dematteis and drawn by mike ploog, with color by nick bell. Media release idw publishing is proud to announce the september 2018 launch of impossible, incorporated, a fiveissue comic book miniseries by j. Dematteis and don perlin take doctor strange, the hulk, nighthawk, hellcat and the son of satan on wild adventures into the occult and against each other. Dematteis and illustrator mike ploog are the creators of a series of graphic novels called abadazad. Jm dematteis is aflutter about new project with mike ploog in. Dematteiss earliest aspirations were to be a rock musician and comic book artist.
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