John Ostrander: The Art of the Fill-In

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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  1. Very good, John. I am going to look forward for this comic book.

  1. April 29, 2013

    […] Creators | Industry veteran John Ostrander, who will step in for Geoff Johns on Aquaman #20, delves into the art of writing a fill-in issue. [ComicMix] […]

  2. May 7, 2013

    […] this Terry Moore 2-parter. Ah forget it, with so many giants around, maybe its better to just learn the art of the fill-in from John Ostrander. Most usefully of all, Simon Moreton has posted a history of his evolution […]