The Warren Companion is the ultimate compendium to the great comics of Warren Publishing, examining all the titles including Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Blazing Combat, Help!, The Spirit, and many more! Including the most cross-indexed artist and writer listing, this tome also features a new painted cover by Alex Horley, reams of unpublished art, archival photos, examinations of Warren's competition, plus exhaustive details on Warren merchandise, conventions, top strips, most prolific contributors, foreign publications, and many other fascinating oddities! Also featuring new articles on Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, Steve Ditko and others, and interviews with Bernie Wrightson, Jim Warren, Will Eisner, Neal Adams, Gene Colan and many more.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb History,
By n0s4a2 (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Warren Companion (Paperback)
I was fascinated by Creepy magazine when it first came out in 1964. It was actually too scary for me. I was already a big fan of Famous Monsters of Filmland and it's ebullient editor, Forrest j Ackerman. Soon the names Frazetta, Williamson, Crandall, Morrow, Torres and Archie Goodwin would enter my artistic vocabulary as I became aware of the talent behind the greatest horror comic ever published. But the editor, one James Warren, remained an enigma. This book is the best collection of interviews of comic book creators I have ever read. Night after night, I couldn't put it down. The interviewer, Jon B. Cooke, is brilliant, his questions incisive, revealing, but never mean. Boy, that Warren was a genius, but often an eccentric bum! At least he cared. I've heard a lot of rumors over the years, and apparently the interviewer has heard the same ones, because he gently prods the real truth out of his unsuspecting subjects, exposing them for the driven, hardworking, pragmatic, vulnerable, prideful, neurotic (in Wally Wood's case, tragically so), but inspired artists they were. The account of the early years made me feel a part of the birth of Creepy and Eerie, and the ultimate downfall of Warren Publishing was a mind-blower. The whole story is told in the form of interviews, with priceless preliminary sketches and rare photos of the artists and writers. It was like re-examining an important part of my childhood from an adult perspective. Also contains a handy checklist of the contents of each issue of Famous Monsters, Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella. Most of all I admire the restraint and good judgement of interviewer Jon Cooke.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Essential for Warren fans,
This review is from: The Warren Companion (Paperback)
Even though I own Comic Book Artist #3, this book is a very expanded edition of that magazine. It is the definitive guide to Warren magazines and covers/interviews everyone & everything left out of the magazine. It is a crime that sleazeballs are selling this for $100 - $200! I found it for cover price ($29) at a San Francisco comic store in late 2009. Scour every comic store, before supporting slime merchants! It is also unfortunate that Two Morrows didn't reprint this classic, since it would obviously make them money. Perhaps there is still some lingering dispute between John B. Cooke and Morrow over copyrights, or over the contents of Warren magazines--which seem counter to Two Morrows more wholesome outlook.
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"The Warren Companion (Hardcover) (Deluxe Edition) ... The Ultimate Book on this wonderful 20 Year Craze",
This review is from: The Warren Companion (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
TwoMorrows Publishing presents "THE WARREN COMPANION" [Hardcover] [Deluxe Edition], edited by Welsh comics artists and historian David A. Roach and CBA editor Jon B. Cooke, this is the definitive and fully authorized book celebrating and examining the underrated Warren Publications, a must have for any serious comic book fan.Was quite young when the legendary horror movie magazine 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' hit the newsstands, Warren Publications suddenly took the comic world by storm. Six years later in 1965 CREEPY #1 stunned, delighted and terrified its young readers. They were filled with compelling tales of terror exquisitely illustrated by many of the best artists of the day. The magazine proved to be just the tip of the iceberg of horror. As Warren Publishing went on to produce some of the finest comic book stories in the history of the genre. In the pages of CREEPY, EERIE, VAMPIRELLA, BLAZING COMBAT, HELP!, THE SPIRIT, COMIX INTERNATIONAL, 1984, THE ROOK and many more, readers discovered extraordinary artists and writers coming together to create more extraordinary work. Sadly to say in 1983 the company suddenly disappeared from the planet. In 1999, Comic Book Artist magazine published the most comprehensive history of the oft-neglected company to date in its Eisner Award winning fourth issue. But, until now, the riveting story of Warren Publishing was incomplete. In addition to reprinting the contents of CBA #4, this volume contains many new interviews, features, articles, and the most comprehensive and exhaustive checklist ever complied on Warren Publishing's incredible output. For product description and editorial review check this out on the Amazon site above my review. * 'FEATURES INCLUDE' * 1. JAMES WARREN and his Empire of Horror 2. NEAL ADAMS takes aim on "ThrillKill" 3. "In Deep" with RICH CORBEN & BRUCE JONES 4. Bravo for adventurous ace artist ALEX TOTH 5. A "Spirited" conversation with WILL EISNER 6. The Muck Monster-maker BERNIE WRIGHTSON 7. AL WILLIAMSON reveals his "Success Story" 8. HARVEY KURTZMAN offers up some "Help!" 9. Lots of "Give and Take" with RUSS HEATH 10.The Weezie Way with LOUISE JONES SIMONSON 11,JIM STENSTRUM spins his Nuclear Hit Parade 12.The years of 1984 & beyond with WILLIAM DUBAY 13.JOHN R. COCHRAN gets "Disenfranchised" 14."Captain" FLO STEINBERG, A.M.(After Marvel) 15.DAN ADKINS is "Overworked" and underpaid 16.NICK CUTI's POW!-WOW with WALLY WOOD 17.Thumb's Up: ANNE T. MURPHY on ARCHIE's comics 18.ANGELO TORRES' "Howling Success" - and MORE! Highly recommend - if you love comics, adore horror, or just interested in the career of a true American original - with an inclusive most comprehensive detailed check list on the entire 20 year comic output of Warren Publications - complete with artist/writer cross reference and character /serial index - Great read for the over the top fan, who wanted to know everything about Warren Magazine Empire. Total Page: 288 Pages ~ TwoMorrows Publishing #ISBN-13: 978-1893905092 ~ (July 1, 2001)
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