John Broome & Arnold Drake interview by David Armstrong

About this episode

David Armstrong interviews John Broome about his career in comic books and his experiences in the industry.

David Armstrong interviewed Golden and Silver Age great, John Broome in 1998 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his entry into comic books and pulps in the 1930s, working at Quality Comics and DC Comics, knowing Otto Binder, his favorite comic book genre, his science fiction stories synergizing with the space race, trying to gather support for creators to claim reprint rights from Jack Liebowitz, his stories of the 1950s, if comic books were a gateway to larger narrative projects, his ...

People in this episode

Host: David Armstrong

Guest: John Broome

Topics covered

• comic book history
• Golden Age
• Silver Age
• creator rights
• science fiction
• interview

Keywords

• John Broome
• David Armstrong
• comic books
• Golden Age
• Silver Age
• creator rights
• science fiction
• San Diego Comic Con

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quality Comics, DC Comics

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