Monday, February 20, 2006

Calling Up The Spectre With Ostrander & Mandrake

In light of the suffering that the character has undergone at the hands of DC Comics lately, I thought that I would link to this interview with the creators who managed to pull off the last good run with the chracter. We can only hope that the character will go up from here. [Day of Venegence...I'm look at you]

Calling Up The Spectre With Ostrander & Mandrake

"Long time co-creators John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake (GrimJack, Firestorm) joined forces once more in the early 90s to give a fresh treatment to a character started way back when Superman was young, the Spectre. With the fantastic art of Tom Mandrake and the rich, labyrinthine writing of John Ostrander, The Spectre series they created may well be some of the finest comic book creating the world is likely to see. Tom and John graciously agreed to re-visit their work in an interview, and what follows is the result of that discussion. So now, brave readers-enter the uncanny world of The Spectre-if you dare!"