Artist and writer Rick Parker is proceeding apace on his graphic novel telling his story life as an artist in New York City between 1973 and 1997, which includes working in the famous Marvel Comics Bullpen – and is trying to gauge interest in the project.
“Did you ever wonder what it was like to work every day and many nights in the Marvel Comics Bullpen in the 70’s and 80’s?” he asks on his latest post about the project his Facebook page, seeking responses.
“For the past three years I have been working on a 300+ page graphic novel which tells the story from my point of view.
“You’ll meet Stan and John and Mary Mac and Stewie and The Old Fart and The Old Fool, th’ Mick and th’ Jap and Big Jim and Slim Jim and all the others …and you’ll find all about how comics used to be made in the old days.”
If this is a graphic novel which you’d like to read, head to Facebook and “like” Rick’s post – and, ” he says, “feel free to comment and tell me what you’d like to see in the book. I can’t guarantee I’ll include it, but I am willing to listen.”
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Rick Parker is an American artist and humour writer best known for his work in comics as the artist of MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head Comic, published by Marvel Comics. His work consists of a series of Papercutz Slices, Mad Magazine-style parodies of popular children’s books and films, such as Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, Harry Potty and The Deathly Boring, Breaking Down (a Twilight Saga parody), Percy Jerkson and the Ovolactovegetarians, The Hunger Pains and The Farting Dead – all written by Stefan Petrucha.
Rick was also the artist of the Introductory Pages of Tales From The Crypt (2007-2009) and one of the artists of The Pekar Project, which brought original stories to the web by autobiographical comics writer Harvey Pekar of American Splendor.
Rick Parker was also the founder and one of the exhibiting artists of The Barking Dog Museum in New York City, which exhibited small-scale works of contemporary art to the public from 1975-1987.
• Go “Like” this post on Facebook if you want to see more of Rick Parker’s graphic novel
• Check out his official web site at autobiographyofaformerzygote.com
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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.
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