{"id":783,"date":"2008-04-28T20:33:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T20:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/04\/28\/michael-moorcock-and-the-comics-of-the-mutliverse\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:38","slug":"michael-moorcock-and-the-comics-of-the-mutliverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/04\/28\/michael-moorcock-and-the-comics-of-the-mutliverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Moorcock and the Comics of the Mutliverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fine folks over at Moorcock\u2019s Miscellany have reprinted my 1998 article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multiverse.org\/imagehive\/v\/bookcovers\/comiccovers\/klaw1.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">&quot;Michael Moorcock and the Comics of the Mutliverse&quot;<\/a> from <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Michael Moorcock&#8217;s Multiverse<\/span> #6.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/958215553481633d50fd5f.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">Moorcock then began working on a succession of comic magazines for Fleetway including <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Sexton Blake Library<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kit Carson<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Robin Hood<\/span>, and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Billy The Kid<\/span>, first on the annuals and then on the actual  weeklies. The annuals were hardbound Christmas versions of the weeklies and monthlies.<\/p>\n<p>During this period, Moorcock also edited issues of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Thriller Picture Library<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Cowboy Picture Library<\/span>, and others.  By 1965 he had written or co-written issues of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Karl the Viking<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kit Carson<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Buck Jones<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Dogfight Dixon RFC<\/span> (which he helped to create), <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Life Of Alexander<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Skid Solo<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Zip Nolan<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Highway Patrol<\/span>, and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Bible Story Weekly<\/span>.  Contrary to popular belief, Moorcock never wrote issues of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Wrath of Gods<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Deathworld<\/span>, or <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Trigon Empire<\/span>.  By the end of 1965 he had all but stopped writing comics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.multiverse.org\/imagehive\/v\/bookcovers\/comiccovers\/klaw1.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Continued&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p>(I really didn&#8217;t plan on two Moorcock entries in a row.  It&#8217;s just the way it worked out.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fine folks over at Moorcock\u2019s Miscellany have reprinted my 1998 article &quot;Michael Moorcock and the Comics of the Mutliverse&quot; from Michael Moorcock&#8217;s Multiverse #6. 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