Crossing the Line, by John Ostrander

John Ostrander

John Ostrander started his career as a professional writer as a playwright. His best known effort, Bloody Bess, was directed by Stuart Gordon, and starred Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, William J. Norris, Meshach Taylor and Joe Mantegna. He has written some of the most important influential comic books of the past 25 years, including Batman, The Spectre, Manhunter, Firestorm, Hawkman, Suicide Squad, Wasteland, X-Men, and The Punisher, as well as Star Wars comics for Dark Horse. New episodes of his creator-owned series, GrimJack, which was first published by First Comics in the 1980s, appear every week on ComicMix.

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3 Responses

  1. Russ Rogers says:

    I followed the links in the credits. Oooh, Suicide Squad is getting a collection, coming out in August! Yeah! Star Wars: Legacy look good. Syn says, "frakken." ;) Cool.But there was no link to GrimJack! http://www.comicmix.com/title/grimjack-the-manx-c… Sure it's at the top of every ComicMix page. But that assumes people already know or they're going to go looking. And GrimJack is the definitive work.

  2. mike weber says:

    Menachem Begin is regarded pretty much as a Good Guy these days.Paisley may yet leave his past behind him.

  3. Ian Kirk says:

    I don't believe Paisley had a change of heart.I believe he acted out of sheer pragmatism.The British government had publicly stated that if power sharing wasn't accepted by last year's deadline, the 6 counties would again be ruled from London. However, they also stated that Dublin would have a large part in the rule. London had never said that before.I suspect that Paisley was taken into a corner & told that if he didn't play ball, Dublin would have a larger & larger roll in the rule of the 6 counties. That said, I believe The Rev Paisley knew when the handwriting was on the wall. Get on side or we'll push you aside.Keep in mind one thing. Historically, the 6 counties have always been a conservative vote stronghold. They never really help the Labour party get elected. The British people currently have a government that has something to gain by returning the 6 counties. I think they would be happiest if they could be PERMANENTLY rid of the 6 counties. If the conservatives are re-elected, it will probably all regress.