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The variable syndrome
Book by Mcgregor, Don
- GenresScience Fiction
140 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1983
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Don McGregor
371 books14 followersDonald Francis McGregor is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics, and the author of one of their first graphic novels.
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May 30, 2019
82 pages of the 140 are the single science-fiction story "The variable syndrome" which follows the adventure of a group of time-travellers (but not space-travellers) as they encounter what appears to be an alien species. Amazingly I remembered this book when the graphic novel series "Saga" appeared and one set of characters had TVs for faces! The cover here shows the creatures. What's interesting, as usual with McGregor's writings is that the plot serves to allow the characters to be drawn in full, with many parts of their psychological make-up shown.
The second part of the book is a confessional/documentary where McGregor outlines how he created Detective Inc, a pair of detectives in graphic novel form and how hard comics can be. He tells of his difficult times at marvel Comics in the 70s where one story was pencilled and being inked as its writer credit was taken away from him. A fascinating insight into a man whose moral compass is an inspiration
The second part of the book is a confessional/documentary where McGregor outlines how he created Detective Inc, a pair of detectives in graphic novel form and how hard comics can be. He tells of his difficult times at marvel Comics in the 70s where one story was pencilled and being inked as its writer credit was taken away from him. A fascinating insight into a man whose moral compass is an inspiration
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