Comic Book Creator comic books issue 20

'Not Your Average Joes' is the theme of Comic Book Creator, headlined by an exhaustive interview with Joseph Michael Linsner on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his signature creation Cry For Dawn, discussing his many years as a comics professional and current work on Vampirella. (We also talk with Joe's significant other, Kristina Deak-Linsner, about the distinction of being Vampi's first female artist!) Then CBC spends Sunday Brunch with the great Joe Sinnott, catching up with the legendary artist to discuss his years at Marvel, inking Jack Kirby's work, and his nearly forgotten masterworks produced for Treasure Chest. Plus Joe Jusko talks about the Marvel Age of Comics and his fabulous 'Corner Box Collection,' which honor the great '60s cover design element produced by the House of Ideas! Plus: A Guy Named Yoe - Part 1 of a close look at Craig Yoe of Yoe Books; 10 Questions for Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai; Joe Field on the Idea That Saved Comics - the secret origin story of FCBD; Fred Hembeck on Steve Ditko's "Just a Guy Named Joe"; What If...Joe Maneely Had Lived? - Atlas Comics expert Michael J. Vassallo speculates on what could have been at the dawn of the Marvel Age of Comics; and the final portion of Michael Aushenker's interview with late artist Rich Buckler on working for corporations and reinvention as surrealist painter. 96 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.