Coming Soon: Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights

By John Freeman on February 8, 2025

Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights by Jeff Messer and Dewey Cassell

TwoMorrows Publishing launches Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights, one its latest books focusing on an individual comic creator, on 8th July 2025.

From underdog to icon, artist Marshall Rogers helped redefine Batman for generations, inspiring readers and up-and-coming artists alike. Initially savaged by editors at DC Comics, his style was uniquely complex with vast and angular architectural design anchoring his storytelling, and it immediately caught on with fans for his depictions of the Darknight Detective, Hugo Strange, The Joker, Silver St. Cloud, Dr. Strange, Cap’n Quick and a Foozle, and more.

Although his output was relatively small in comparison to many of his contemporaries, his impact outlived the artist himself, and inspired a loyal following and affection.

Now, Rogers’ story is told in Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights, by friends, collaborators, and family members, delving deep into a complicated and conflicted man and his art, a book featuring inker Terry Austin, friend and fellow artist Michael Netzer, Dan Greenfield’s extensive interview with writer Steve Englehart (conducted for 13thDimension.com), and others recounting their time and camaraderie with Rogers, alongside an in-depth interview with Marshall himself, and a wealth of art both familiar and rarely seen.

Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights is written by Jeff Messer and Dewey Cassell (authors of the Eisner Award-nominated Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without An Eraser). The book, featuring a new cover collaboration by Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin, shines a light on the fan-favourite artist’s brightest moments and darkest days.

• Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights is available to preorder direct from TwoMorrows Publishing or your Local Comic Shop or Book Shop | ISBN 978-1605491301 | Preorder from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)

• This item will be listed in the April 2025 issue of Lunar’s Next Phase catalogue (#40).

NOTE: Due to new tariffs being implemented by the US Government, TwoMorrows had to raise the cover price on this item from what was previously advertised

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.