The Best of Fantagor

Richard Corben was born on a farm in Anderson, Missouri, and went on to get a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1965. After working as a professional animator, Corben started doing underground comics, including Grim Wit, Slow Death, Skull, Rowlf, Fever Dreams, and his own anthology Fantagor. In 1970 he began illustrating horror and science-fiction stories for Warren Publishing. His stories appeared in Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, 1984, and Comix International. He also colored several episodes of Will Eisner’s Spirit. In 1975, when Mœbius, Druillet, and Jean-Pierre Dionnet started publishing the magazine Métal Hurlant in France, Corben submitted some of his stories to them. He continued his work for the franchise in America, where the magazine was called Heavy Metal. In 1976 he adapted a short Robert E. Howard story in Bloodstar. In 2012 he was elected to the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

Jan Strnad is a professional storyteller who has published comic books, worked in television animation, and is now a novelist. He is the author of several Creepy Archives, Star Wars, and Ragemoor comic books. His novels include Risen: A Supernatural Thriller, The Summer We Lost Alice, and Dances with the Dead.

Doug Moench is a writer who specializes in comics but also works on fiction and nonfiction. Moech’s work has been heavily featured by DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse. Moench is the author of Batman, Deathlok, Ghost and The Shadow, and many more. Moench is the creator of the characters Moon Knight and Bane.