Curated playlist
American comics writers
- Kevin SmithKevin Smith maxed out credit cards and sold his comic books to make Clerks. The film raised $27,575 and won at Sundance.
- Jamie Lee CurtisJamie Lee Curtis accepted a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in September 2021, and she did not sound like a person winding down. "I feel so alive, like I'm this 14-year-old person just…
- Larry LieberLarry Lieber could not say where he found the word uru, the name of the mystical metal from which Thor's hammer Mjolnir is made. It first appeared in the debut of Marvel's thunder god, in Journey into Mystery #83, cover-dated August 1962.…
- Steve DitkoSteve Ditko covered Spider-Man's face because it looked too young. He reasoned a full mask would add mystery.
- Alex RaymondAlex Raymond, an American cartoonist who lived from 1909 to 1956, sent a world-famous polo player into space on a rocket. The destination was Mongo, a planet on course to collide with Earth. That adventure became the comic strip Flash…
- Timothy ZahnTimothy Zahn wrote a Star Wars trilogy from a box of roleplaying game sourcebooks.
- Joss WhedonJoss Whedon earned more from a web musical than from directing The Avengers.
- Brandon SheffieldBrandon Sheffield turned his 2014 breakup notes into a webcomic.
- Mark HamillMark Hamill voiced Ukraine's air raid alert app as Luke Skywalker. Each alert ended with "May the Force be with you".
- Brian Michael BendisWriter Brian Michael Bendis stretched Spider-Man's origin into seven issues. Peter Parker waits until issue five.
- Donald F. GlutDonald Frank Glut was born on the 19th of February 1944, and his career refuses to stay in one lane. He has written novels, cartoons, comics and books about dinosaurs. He has directed horror films and played bass in a band. Most people who…