In my opinion, as both a fan and as a professional comic book writer, Sholly Fisch is, without doubt, my favorite comics writer actively working today!
Could anyone else have written the comic above?
Or those below?
And that's just one small corner of the overall comics landscape that he navigates so well!
This Blog stands as a testament to that navigation... Just take THIS LINK and see!
Sholly Fisch routinely taps into that "Something Special" that I can barely reach - on good days, with effort - and only if the stars and planets are properly aligned, in a month with no "R" in it, and when the date is divisible by 20040402 with no remainder!
And NOW, you can... Learn Comics Writing from Sholly Fisch!
...And through the respected Kubert School, no less! Online, in the COVID-free comfort of your own home! Here's some detail from the Kubert School web site...
“For more than 30 years, Sholly Fisch has prowled the night as an award-winning, Eisner-nominated writer, whose 400+ credits run the gamut from Superman to Star Wars to Scooby-Doo, and from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser to Looney Tunes. By day, Sholly has helped produce dozens of educational TV series, digital games, and magazines for kids, including Sesame Street, Cyberchase, The Magic School Bus Rides Again, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, and lots of things you've probably never heard of.
“In this 6-week class, Sholly will introduce the mechanics of writing, storytelling, and creating characters for comics in various genres, while students create and share stories of their own. Not to mention offering practical advice about breaking in (and staying in), working with artists and editors, and what to do when things go wrong.”
Class runs six weeks, 6:00-8:00 PM ET, Tuesday evenings. Begins July 12, 2022!
...And, if such a thing could be considered an "extra added incentive", I will be attending this session! I'm already registered, and looking forward to the experience! So, who wants to join me? ...And Scooby and Batman?
I don't guarantee they will be there, but stranger things have happened!
Don't let all those Robins beat you to it! Check it out today!
2 comments:
I was at the comic store today, and because of this post I picked up a copy of the Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #9 (limited series of 12) and leafed through it. A Sholly Fisch story featuring the search for a hidden treasure, a pirate ghost, a pirate ship and a lighthouse! I'm a sucker for a pirate ghost/lighthouse story. So I bought it. Here are the names of the two treasure seekers, in addition to the Scooby-Do gang and The Riddler: New Hampshire Smith and "Next" Jen DeVice. Gotta love those names! Also, Velma is the one who figures everything out, which is as it should be. Batman only shows up on the last page, and I enjoyed his explanation for why he's late to the game: "I would have been here sooner, but the traffic coming from Gotham City was terrible!" Poor Batmobile, stuck in a traffic jam!
Elaine:
This single issue, in microcosm (or, would that be “micro-comic-cosm” ?) shows why I hold the writing of Sholly Fisch in such high regard! …As if you didn’t already know from my numerous Blog posts, and my copious GCD indexing!
Speaking of which, you can find my index for that issue HERE! Lines like "Gasp! He even LAUGHS like a super-villain!" really do it for me! And the playing on the many, many Scooby-Doo tropes, and more.
To digress, one of the primary reasons I do so much for GCD is that I want all that information I have stored-up to have a place where interested parties can stumble upon it – and to direct people to “the things I like”, by telling them why I like it! Your sampling of THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES makes it all worthwhile!
Post a Comment