Ep. 65: Infinity and Beyond - A Chat with JIM STARLIN

If you've never seen The Death of Captain Marvel, go get a copy. If you've never read an Adam Warlock story, go read one. And if you've never heard of Vanth Dreadstar...well, you're about to!

All three are great and all are the handiwork of one Jim Starlin, a writer and artist who's career goes back to the late '70s and is still going strong. Jim's been called the guy who put the space in space opera and with good reason—he does it and does it very well, thank you (see: Rann-Thanagar Holy War currently from DC)!

Starlin came into popularity back in the day while drawing Captain Marvel for Marvel Comics. He eventually ended up writing the book as well, including Mar-vel's death in 1982. Also to his credit, he reinterpreted a rather undefined Lee/Kirby charcater named Warlock (formally "Him"), created Vanth Dreadstar and the Metamorphosis Odyssey for Epic and explained to the world how the hell Nick Fury stays so young looking after all these years!

If you go to Jim's Wikipedia page , it also mentions things like Batman A Death in the Family which featured the demise of the second Robin, Death of the New Gods, all the Infinity books and tons more.

Dwight and I have always loved his work and consider Starlin to be one of the preeminent writer/artists of his generation. During the '80s, he and guys like Howard Chaykin, Mike Grell and Matt Wagner rocked at both disciplines and it made for some fun and smart comics.

In our conversation, we get into as many nooks and crannies as time will allow. We cover how he started writing comics in the first place, the creation of Thanos and Mongol, his view of the industry after 30 years and a few more goodies.

http://www.starlin.com/