howard chaykin Archives

"Conversation" Sparked By Second Print Of 'Divided States Of Hysteria'
In a tweet and press release entitled "CHAYKIN'S THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA SPARKS INDUSTRY CONVERSATION", Image Comics responded to the controversy raised last week surrounding Howard Chaykin's The Divided States of Hysteria. The use of "conversation" seems a little trite in this instance — while the comic certainly got people talking, it was pretty much all about the[...]
Howard Chaykin And The Trans Image: Obsession With A Theme
We've discussed, seemingly at length, about the controversy surrounding Howard Chaykin's latest work, the Image Comics release The Divided States of Hysteria; its inclusion of graphic trans panic violence, released on the first week of Pride Month and even with the option of a Pride Month variant cover, and Image Comics lack of response or[...]
A Week In Transphobia In Comics
Early in the week, in fact pretty much kicking it off, came news that Drawn & Quarterly had cancelled a book, Sadbøi, by artist Berliac due to a historic transphobic essay and comments that were brought to light. Now, on new comic day of the first full week of Pride Month, Image Comics released Howard Chaykin's[...]
Ruff And Ready, Recreated As Nineteen-Fifties Blue Comedians By Howard Chaykin
In the Green Lantern/Space Ghost Annual out next week, famed crime/sex comic creator Howard Chaykin is taking on Ruff And Reddy – and like Snagglepuss, is going back to the fifties. After a Satellite Sam-like recap of the history of television and how talking animals made their way into it, we get to meet the comparative[...]
Guest Changes And Crowds – Big Apple Comic Con 2017
Plus shows like this make is easier to talk to creators such as Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin Overall this is a good comic con that pulls in great talent I sincerely hope volunteers are better informed for next year, as this show will only continue to grow. //Barbara Eden Big Apple Comic Con has been[...]
Star Wars Collectible Heaven Is A Fun Way To Spend A Saturday
here are some highlights: This was the first time I had ever seen one of the Howard Chaykin Star Wars posters in person Only 1000 were made, and they were distributed to some comic shops and offered at SDCC in 1976 for $1 This one was signed by Mark Hamill and sold for $1900 The other[...]
"Star Wars Poisoned My Career" – Howard Chaykin Speaks Out
 "90% of the comic enthusiast out there today will only remember me for Star Wars, which had poisoned my career.": Interviewing Howard Chaykin By Olly MacNamee Ahead of his storming, expletive laced appearance at this year's San Diego Comic Con, Howard Chaykin attended a much smaller, but intimate, affair right here in the beautiful countryside of Great[...]
Foul Language, Poignant Reflection And Gut-Wrenching Honesty – The Howard Chaykin Panel
By Octavio Karbank A legendary creator, in every sense of the word, comic book creator Howard Chaykin had his own panel today, delivering gut-wrenching honesty, mixed in with foul language and poignant reflections and anecdotes Creator of comics like American Flagg and Satellite Sam, he spoke about everything from just how few comic readers there are,[...]
Roger Langridge And Gisèle Lagace Revive Betty Boop With Dynamite At San Diego
Join Betty as she works at the Oop-A-Doop Club, dreams of hitting the big-time, looks after her old Grampy… and fights ghosts. The book features four traditional comic covers from Howard Chaykin (American Flagg!), Roger Langridge, Gisèle Lagacé, and a Max Fleischer character sheet Special edition variants will include a coloring book cover by J[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – American Flagg #2 By Howard Chaykin
To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees Independent bundle being offered up right now from Dynamite, IDW, Image and Oni. The American Flagg series from Howard Chaykin was groundbreaking when it was published by[...]
"Midnight Of The Soul Is A Labor Of Love" New Miniseries From Howard Chaykin
The comic comes from fan-favorite and cult cartoonist Howard Chaykin who has done work on American Flagg! and Satellite Sam. The story is set in 1950 and follows Joel Breakstone, a former G.I., one of the liberators of Auschwitz, and a walking pile of seriously damaged goods He hasn't exhaled a sober breath in five years[...]
Howard Chaykin's Star Wars Original Art At London Super Comic Con
Howard Chaykin appeared at the London Super Comic Con this past weekend, accompanied by an exhibition of his original art from the original Star Wars series for Marvel Comics Here's a look at some of the pages that were on display, courtesy of Promotopia Pictures for Bleeding Cool. [...]
Today's Black Hood Is From Duane Swierczynski And Howard Chaykin
This is a special one-shot issue from writer Duane Swierczynski and legendary artist Howard Chaykin. "Flor de Muerto" After the soul-crushing events of "Bullet's Kiss," disfigured cop Greg Hettinger leaves Philly and checks into a Southern California rehab clinic But a plane ride can't separate Greg from his troubles A fellow patient believes her former drug[...]
Dark Horse To Reprint Fafhrd And The Gray Mauser By O'Neill, Chaykin And Simonson
In June next year, Dark Horse is reprinting the old DC Comics swords and sorcery series Fafhrd And The Gray Mauser by Dennis O'Neill, Howard Chaykin and Walter Simonson as Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser: Cloud Of Hate And Other Stories Dark Horse had previously reprinted the Mike Mignola issues, but now appear to be publishing[...]
NYCC '15: Howard Chaykin On Black Hood And More From The Dark Circle Panel
Howard Chaykin would serve as guest artist for this issue The idea was to give Michael Gaydos a break so that he could get caught up Issue 6 would see Greg Hettinger leaving Philly to go to a rehab facility in California As expected trouble finds Greg in California Swierczynski completed for Chaykin being able[...]
Howard Chaykin Entertains At Wizard World Nashville (Part 2)
By Cat Taylor Howard Chaykin at Wizard World Comic-Con in Nashville, Tennessee: He had a lot of opinions and wasn't afraid to share them (Part 2, find Part 1 here) Despite presenting a somewhat "prickly" personality at his first panel, Howard Chaykin, delivered an enormous amount of information and was incredibly entertaining Plus, he turned out to[...]
Howard Chaykin Entertains At Wizard World Nashville (Part 1)
By Cat Taylor Howard Chaykin at Wizard World Comic-Con in Nashville, Tennessee: He had a lot of opinions and wasn't afraid to share them (Part 1) I knew it wasn't going to be a boring panel when Howard Chaykin marched into the programming room and looked around with mock disgust as he shouted, "Only eight people showed[...]
Preview Of The Relaunched Archie #2
Here we have a preview for Archie #2 by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples with covers by Staples, Howard Chaykin with Jesus Aburto, Erica Henderson, Paul Renaud, Paolo Rivera, and Chrissie Zullo. The new school year continues to bring with it daunting new challenges and interesting changes for the teens of Riverdale High But there's one thing[...]
Satellite Sam Will Return From Fraction And Chaykin As A TV Western
One of the comic books I enjoyed the most the past year was Satellite Sam by Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin, a procedural television show from the fifties embroiled in organised crime, murder and sexual depravity… At Heroes Con, it was announced that after the final issue, out soon, the series will continue in 2016 or[...]
Dynamite To Roll Out The Shadow #100 This June
The Shadow #100 features stories written by Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Chris Roberson, Victor Gischler and Michael Uslan Kind of the who's who of Shadow writers for Dynamite On top of that you have art by Wagner, Francavilla, Chaykin and Giovanni Timpano and it clocks in at 48 pages… plus there are covers[...]
Swipe File: Satellite Sam And A Photo We Found On The Internet
The cover to Satellite Sam #14 by Howard Chaykin…  And a photo of undetermined origin… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are[...]
More Satellite Sam For Your $2.99, From Fraction And Chaykin
Matt Fraction has the end of his and Howard Chaykin's period masterpiece Satellite Sam in sight The home stretch of SATELLITE SAM lies under my shoes; with luck, I will finish this week Most of the issues of "volume three" (subtitled something like 'Satellite Sam and the Limestone Caves of Fire') span more than twenty pages; I[...]
And Finally… The History Of The DC Universe, As It Was
Gilbert, Jim Starlin, Joe Kubert, Arthur Adams, Walter Simonson, Paul Norris, Mike Grell, Mary Wilshire, Andy Kubert, Gil Kane, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Kane, Curt Swan, George Pérez, Howard Chaykin, Jan Duursema, Carmine Infantino, Jim Steranko, Gray Morrow, Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, Dave Gibbons, Gilbert Hernandez, Dan Spiegle, Frank Thorne, Ramona Fradon, Matt Wagner, Ernie Colon, Irwin[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – The Shadow: Midnight In Moscow By Howard Chaykin
This week we saw the conclusion of The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow from comic legend Howard Chaykin The first issue is sold out, but the series is now available digitally on Dynamite's DRM-Free Digital Comic website But for Bleeding Cool readers… we have the first issue here for free. This week we saw the conclusion[...]
Speculator Corner: Detective Comics #441
But you can still pick up a copy for less than five bucks if you look. It features the first appearance of Lt Harvey Bullock of the Gotham Police Department, created by Archie Goodwin and Howard Chaykin, aven though he is on panel relatively briefly, first off-panel… …then on… …then complaining[...]
Things To Do On The West Coast In October If You Like Comics
Salvatore will appear at Powell's Books at 7 PM on October 13 to sign his new book Rise of the King: Companions Codex II. And, plan early for these very popular events coming up in November: Are you money? If you answered yes then get yourself over to the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival on Saturday, November[...]
First Look At Valiant's Bloodshot #25
Valiant has sent out an advanced preview of Bloodshot #25, a 48-page anniversary special that includes the work of Peter Milligan, Lewis LaRosa, Howard Chaykin, Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia, Justin Jordan, Rafer Roberts and more. The book will feature covers by LaRosa, Al Barrionuevo, Rafael Albuquerque, Bryan Hitch and Don Perlin. Bloodshot #25 arrives in stores on November[...]