COMIC BOOK CREATOR #45

This issue showcases "Gentleman Gene" in CBC's Gene Colan: Without A Net cover feature by Tom Field. It includes a look back at the wonderful 75th birthday celebration of the artist at the 2001 San Diego Comic-Con, and features some special guests in attendance. So, you think you know the craziest lunatic in comics history?! Think again, as CBC, with the help of onetime employee Mark Wheatley, spotlights gunslinging Myron Fass and his nutty Heavy Metal rip-off, Gasm!

There’s also an account of editor Jon B. Cooke's visit to the ambitious (albeit short-lived) Florida-based comics publisher, all-in-one Crossgen, then at the crossroads and facing collapse. The amazingly eclectic and diverse career of Good Girls cartoonist Carol Lay is examined, where she discusses jumping between underground, alternative, and mainstream comics, and current work as graphic novelist. Plus there’s part two of our Jack Katz interview, Joe Hill part deux, as well as Shaun Clancy’s brief though absolutely fascinating look at Hillman Periodicals, publisher of Airboy. (And, as always, Hembeck is in the house!)