Thursday, June 14, 2012

Back Issue! #57, July


In this issue of Back Issue! from Twomorrows Publishing, Jeanette Kahn, former president and publisher of DC Comics, is interviewed.  Her long career and the many innovations she introduced during her tenure at DC Comics are examined.

Learn how she got her start in the children's' magazine publishing field and her rise and eventual retirement from DC Comics.  Along the way enjoy lots of candid photos, colorful memories and spectacular art by some of the industry's top talent working at DC at the time.
Ms. Kahn is credited with the 'British Import' of talent, the creation of Vertigo, the complete restructuring and re-imaging of DC Comics and other important contributions to the comic book publishing field.  

Back Issue! examines DC's Dollar Comics, its DC Kids Line, the Wonder Woman Foundation Awards, social issues tackled in the pages of DC Comics, an interview with former DC writer and VP of Sales, Bob Wayne and remembering Eduardo Barreto who passed away in 2011.