{"product_id":"conversations-with-rick-veitch-paperback","title":"Conversations with Rick Veitch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrannon Costello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his roots in underground comics to his high-profile runs on mainstream characters, Rick Veitch (b. 1951) has carved out a career unlike anyone else's. Collecting thirteen interviews--including three published here for the first time--\u003ci\u003eConversations with Rick Veitch\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wealth of insight not only into the development of Veitch's graphic innovations and metaphysical explorations, but also into the upheavals and transformations of American comics from the 1970s to today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In acclaimed comics such as \u003ci\u003eThe Maximortal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArmy@Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCan't Get No\u003c\/i\u003e, Veitch employs a style that synthesizes Jack Kirby at his most cosmic, the mind-bending graphic sensibility of European innovators such as Jean (Moebius) Giraud and Philippe Druillet, and the brass-tacks realism of classic war cartoonists such as John Severin and Russ Heath. His comics defamiliarize popular genres--especially superheroes, war stories, and science fiction--with his philosophical musings and pointedly satirical political perspective. Yet Veitch's capacious mind reaches beyond these familiar genres, too, as his long-running autobiographical dream comic \u003ci\u003eRoarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends\u003c\/i\u003e attests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ranging across topics such as his early days at the Joe Kubert School, the controversial end of his \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing \u003c\/i\u003erun, his muckraking work as a comics journalist, and his educational comics publishing venture, Eureka Comics, the interviews collected here reveal Veitch to be both a shrewd observer of the pitfalls of the marketplace and an eloquent spokesman for the boundless potential of creativity. A comics maker since childhood and a fierce advocate of creator's rights and the possibilities of self-publishing, Veitch knows all too well the many persistent obstacles to creating comics that challenge readers instead of condescending to them. Yet Veitch remains optimistic about the potential of comics. According to Veitch, comics \"might be the form of the future.\" If that's the case, then his work is a map to that future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrannon Costello\u003c\/b\u003e is the Barbara Womack Alumni Professor of English at Louisiana State University, editor of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Michael Chabon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHoward Chaykin: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eComics and the U.S. South\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157804810303,"sku":"9781496857811","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0x3m7kZpNX9781496857811.webp?v=1776984465","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/conversations-with-rick-veitch-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}