WORD BALLOON FLASHBACK: GERARD JONES

[MattBrady]

In this flashback edition of Word Balloon, from December 2005, host John Siuntres caught up with writer Gerard Jones and discussed his book Men of Tomorrow, a thorough history of the comic book industry from it's golden age 10 cent beginnings to the blockbuster film adaptations of today.

You'll hear a lot about the evolution of Superman, from Siegel and Schuster's first comic strip aspirations for the character, to the innovations of the Adventures of Superman television series,

They also discussed Jones's years working for magazines like National Lampoon, and Amazing Heroes, his comic book work on Batman, The Shadow, The Trouble With Girls, and much more.

Click here for the episode.

[inventio]

Gerard Jones will be forever tied to that wonderful book called GL: Mosaic. What a mutha******ing book! First post?
Not to mention his great scripting for JLEurope.