Rich Buckler - 12/1/07 Rich Buckler needs no introduction, having worked for every major publisher in the business and drawn nearly every superhero in the DC and Marvel universes. Click here to read an interview with Rich about his career and his work on the Superman vs. Shazam! treasury comic!

Mark Evanier - 3/04/06 The three issues of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera were a rarity for Marvel treasury comics in that they contained all-new material. Marvel was, at the time, publishing a regular Hanna-Barbera comic, but they specifically published these longer stories in the treasury format. The writer for all three of these books, Mark Evanier, was kind enough to anwer a few questions about the hows and whys of these book's creation.

Click here to read the interview with Mark!

Geoff Grogan - 5/1/08 I met Geoff at the 2008 NY Comic Con and went crazy for his treasury-sized book Look Out!! Monsters, a deft combination of the classic monster with modern events. Click here to read an interview with Look Out!! Monsters' writer/artist!

Tony Isabella - 12/03/06 Tony "The Tiger" Isabella is, by his own admission, "America's Most Beloved Comic-Book Writer & Columnist", and I whole-heartedly agree. I met Tony through a mutual friend about a decade ago, and since then we've stayed in contact. Even with his various irons in the fire (as a columnist, a comic-book writer, and a novelist), he always took the time to check out my illustration site and send me his thoughts, something I always appreciated. The fact that this was the same man who wrote some of my favorite comics growing up (like Shadow War of Hawkman) was something I could never get my mind around completely.

Anyway, Tony has had stints at both DC and Marvel, as a freelancer and on staff. He was there during the golden age of the treasury comic, and even had a hand in the creative/editorial side of some of them. Combine that with the fact that Tony is always a great interview, I asked him if he could share some thoughts with us here, which he readily agreed to. As always, I had a host of geeky questions, and Tony answered them like they made some sort of sense. Thanks, Tony.

(The great cartoon of Tony at left is by Marie Severin, from the editorial page of The Legion of Monsters #1, Sept. 1975)

Paul Karasik - 3/19/07 Paul was a writer, artist, and editor for the underground comic book Bad News, the second issue of which was published in the tabloid/treasury size. Bad News was a mix of material from students and from established writer/artists like Gary Panter, Peter Bagge, and Ben Katchor.

Click here to read the interview with Paul!

Ken Landgraf - 6/5/07 - Ken was the writer/artist/creator/publisher of Landgraphics Publications' Rock Comics and Star Fighters, as well as a penciller for the all-new Hercules Vs. Wolverine story in Marvel Treasury #9. Ken kindly agreed to an interview about his efforts to start a new line of treasury-sized comics and his work at Marvel.

Click here to read the interview with Ken!

John Morrow - 8/2/07 John Morrow is the editor and creative force behind TwoMorrows' The Jack Kirby Collector, a magazine devoted to All Things "King" Kirby, regularly published at treasury-size! Click here to read an interview with John I call "This Man...This Interview!"

Bob Rozakis - 10/26/06 Bob Rozakis is The Answer Man in more ways than one.

He's a thirty-year veteran of the comic book industry, having spent the first twenty-five at DC Comics. He was the co-creator of the late, lamented 'Mazing Man series, but he wrote stories featuring Superman, Batman, and almost everyone else in the DCU. He also wrote lots of "custom comics" projects for the USPS, Six Flags, OnStar, and, best of all--Hostess Snacks!

Bob was DC's Answer Man for several years, using his vast knowledge of the company's history and characters to respond to all sorts of readers' questions. Adapting to the technology, Bob utilized his credentials as a master of comic book history by hosting a weekly trivia chatroom on America Online for more than six years. His daily Anything Goes Trivia Quiz appears online at World Famous Comics and his weekly It's BobRo...The Answer Man! column can be found at Silver Bullet Comics.

During his seventeen years as head of DC's Production Department, Bob guided his staff into previously unexplored areas of computerized color separations and typesetting, electronic page preparation, and computer-to-plate printing. These efforts earned DC Comics over one hundred awards for printing excellence and resulted in Bob twice being profiled and cover-featured in Publishing & Production Executive. In the "real world" Bob is an accountant for Preload, Inc., a firm that designs and builds concrete water tanks and reservoirs around the U.S. He teaches creative writing courses for the Johns Hopkins University / Center for Talented Youth summer program for gifted students and has taught similar courses for the Farmingdale (NY) Youth Council and Sylvan Learning Centers. (thanks to Silver Bullet Comics for the bio)

Bob graciously agreed to put on his Answer Man hat once more, and answer my geeky questions about treasury comics. It was very generous of Bob to take some time out to do so, and it's great to know the guy who I admired as a kid (I read his Answer Man columns religiously) is as cool as I imagined he was, way back when.

Joe Staton - 6/5/07 Joe Staton is a legend in the world of comics, with a career spanning over four decades. There pretty much isn't a character in the DC Universe that Joe hasn't drawn at one time or another, in addition to his co-creation of E-Man, his work at Charlton, Marvel, First, CrossGen, Comico, and others. His work on the treasury-sized Gods of Mt. Olympus books isn't that well known, but it remains some of his best, and Joe generously agreed to answer some questions about those books and his career.

Click here to read the interview with Joe!

Chris Wisnia - 1/10/07 This is a brand-new treasury-sized comic starring writer/artist/ creator Chris Wisnia's character Doris Danger! Who, as the title suggests, seeks out giant monsters that stalk the Earth but are covered up the government.

Click here to read an interview with Doris' creator, Chris Wisnia!

Tom Yeates - 11/2/07 Tom Yeates is a superb comic-book artist and storyteller, who has worked for Eclipse Comics, DC, Marvel, and many more. He did some amazing work on Saga of the Swamp Thing and excelled at non-superhero genres like horror, war, and sci-fi. But certainly is most unusual project was Captain EO, a treasury-sized comic starring a space travelling Michael Jackson! Click here to read an interview with Tom where we talk about all things Eo!