Jun 222013
 

VictimMedIn the early months 1987 Silverwolf Comics kicked itself into high gear, publishing 13 new titles. One of the most unique of these new heroes was Victim.

Always finding himself in dangerous situations, Victim (Casey Lockley) realizes he has the ‘power’ to be where bad things are most likely to occur and decides to use this power for good, to ‘right some of the wrongs in the world’.

But would this power of coincidence be enough to keep Casey one step ahead of the bad guys, being at the right place and prepared…or would his ‘power’ lead him to more trouble than he could handle? We were given two issues to find out (#1 Feb. ’87, 8000 print run; #2 March ’87, 5000 print run) before Silverwolf folded. 

In my ongoing search into the history and story behind Silverwolf and Greater Mercury Comics, I contacted Paul Schulze, the artist for Victim. I can’t say enough about how generous Paul was, he happily answered all the questions and even threw in a brand new drawing of ‘Vic’ to boot! That’s it right there to the right.

…Glad to help out!…Hadn’t drawn Vic in years!  Kind of a kick to take a shot at him, again.  This is more indicative of my cartoony style, which I do more of these days.

In my humble opinion, I think the costume looks A LOT better in this form. So what do you think?

Many thanks to Paul for knocking out a new original, and for the following interview. I am very happy to have been able to contact Mr. Schulze, he’s easily one of the nicest persons I’ve interviewed so far. Continue reading »

Jun 082013
 

StechMock2Neill Brengettsey, aka paime (Pay Me the artist),was among the first artists to work for Silverwolf, though his work there was never published. His work included Stech and Guillotine, with some other pages thrown in, and he is mentioned in Silverwolf Bulletin #3 as the artist (Neal Bringetsi) for another unpublished book, Silverwolf Team-Up.

Among the treasure trove of art he has shared with Moby are the first three pages of what seems to have been The Deadly Dungeoneer, two covers and several pages for Stech #1, and more. A lot more. 

Along with the artwork, Neill was able to help paint a picture of the early days of Silverwolf. This post will look at that history and the artist. Future posts will look more closely at the art itself.


But writing has always been my passion…The Silver Wolf business has just been a place for me to do what I love doing in life.Kristoffer A. Silver


I was with Silver in the beginning…”

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Jun 052013
 

gripsI stated in an earlier post that “If you were not there and did not see it yourself, I imagine it is hard to imagine but for a few years almost anything in B&W and/or a #1 issue would just sell, period.”

Now, it is fair to say that a lot of the art used in many Silverwolf books was not up to par with Marvel or DC Comics, and some would wonder why would anyone buy this stuff. This post tries to mine the information online about Silverwolf to explain why.

The truth is we can all blame the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tim Vigil, and Grips. Continue reading »

Jun 022013
 

Erad4The first part of my interview with Dane McCart went into detail about how he managed to keep some original art from Silverwolf Comics, and how his employment eventually came to an end. While discussing these things, I ask what kind of work he is doing nowadays.

“For the first time in my life I am working color, for the last couple of years. All my life I’ve always worked for reproduction…” he tells me as we look through a portfolio of some older work.

He describes his main influence, Frank Brunner, and how influences will show up in an artists work no matter how much an artist tries to not let it show.

This leads our discussion back to… Continue reading »

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