Welcome to the latest instalment of a brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft (Dak).
Yak with Dak
The big news teased last issue is that Comics Interview is increasing its page count. Dak says now he may finally be able to put all of the features teased in #1 in one single issue. Just taking a quick comparison sample from this and the previous issue the page count has gone from 67 to 83. The amount of full-page ads has seen an increase from 24 to 32 which is a better balance between interviews and ads. There is a four-page ad in this issue which may not always be the case so that number can vary going forward. Lastly taking the two-part Doug Moench interview that started with a...
Yak with Dak
The big news teased last issue is that Comics Interview is increasing its page count. Dak says now he may finally be able to put all of the features teased in #1 in one single issue. Just taking a quick comparison sample from this and the previous issue the page count has gone from 67 to 83. The amount of full-page ads has seen an increase from 24 to 32 which is a better balance between interviews and ads. There is a four-page ad in this issue which may not always be the case so that number can vary going forward. Lastly taking the two-part Doug Moench interview that started with a...
- 5/2/2024
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
In 1973 Marvel latched onto the Bruce Lee, Kung Fu craze and launched the character of Shang Chi into high octane kung fu action in the pages of their comics. Now it is my turn to latch onto the latest craze and talk all things Master of Kung Fu. Firstly I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I am delighted to see it performing so strongly. Everything I have heard has been all positive. With it being only the third Marvel movie since Endgame (the first with a new character) the vultures we undoubtedly circling. Movie goers are always waiting for the MCU movie that breaks the camals back, particuarly when they cross over into new genres. A lot of the positive talk focuses on how fresh it feels. When you consider it is the first ‘origin’ story since Captain Marvel which feels a life time ago now. To pull...
- 9/17/2021
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
Written by Gene Luen Yang | Art by Dike Ruan | Published by Marvel Comics
With the imminent release of the upcoming Shang-Chi movie, I was expecting to see a lot of ‘push’ on the character, and I wasn’t wrong. For me, the Shang-Chi I know and love was the one from the late 1970’s/ early 1980’s. He was originally created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin in 1973, to take advantage of the current martial arts craze then, and taken to near perfection by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. He started life as the unknown son of Fu Manchu, but when Marvel lost the licence to Fu all that was swiftly swept aside, with vague references to imposters and resurrected replacements. What’s important, though, is that Shang-Chi was such a strong character, developed and written and drawn by such good creators, that he outlasted both the craze that spawned him...
With the imminent release of the upcoming Shang-Chi movie, I was expecting to see a lot of ‘push’ on the character, and I wasn’t wrong. For me, the Shang-Chi I know and love was the one from the late 1970’s/ early 1980’s. He was originally created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin in 1973, to take advantage of the current martial arts craze then, and taken to near perfection by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. He started life as the unknown son of Fu Manchu, but when Marvel lost the licence to Fu all that was swiftly swept aside, with vague references to imposters and resurrected replacements. What’s important, though, is that Shang-Chi was such a strong character, developed and written and drawn by such good creators, that he outlasted both the craze that spawned him...
- 5/25/2021
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
With Christmas on the horizon I wanted to take a look at my ‘Top 4 Holy Grail Comics’. The reason it is four and not five is because the fifth entry on my list is the holiest of holies for Wolverine fans. I believe I have enough content to get a blog post about it on its own! So these are the four comics that are financially out of reach but they would make my collection feel complete. So far in my comic reading/collecting my taste in characters haven’t led me to the poor house. I managed to acquire the first Wolverine mini series and Wolverine #1 all for £30 and under. I also have a good selection of key Daredevil issues in the same price bracket. My biggest regret in my nearly twenty years of collecting is I never kept a record of how much I paid for what. I...
- 12/7/2018
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
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