(In his very readable blog “Ink Destroyed My Brush,” artist Charles Yoakum recently commented on this series of posts and added some interesting perspective of his own about a few of the players on the publishing side. It’s a good read in general, and it includes a brief ugly anecdote of petty editorial arrogance at [...]

(A day or so after the first installment of this thrilling narrative appeared, Neil Gaiman let me know that it was he who originally recommended Kate and me for our assignments at Tekno Comix. According to Neil, he wasn’t aware then that Kate and I had become a couple. Given the fact that Kate was [...]

It was the beginning of a gig that would last the better part of two years, but whenever I try to remember how it started, the most vivid memory is always my view of Mickey Spillane’s neck.
We’re talking late 1993 or, more likely, early ‘94. I’d just resigned the editor’s post at Kitchen Sink, chugged [...]