About this episode

David Armstrong interviews Martin Filchock about his comic book career and experiences from the 1930s onwards.

David Armstrong interviewed Platinum and Golden Age great, Martin Filchock in 2000 on set at his home in Rogersville, Tennessee about his entry into comic books in the 1930s with Tidbits Magazine, his blue collar background working the railroad, meeting Bill Cook at Comics Magazine Company, working on Mighty Man and other comics at Centaur, his life in the Civilian Conservation Corps and how it reflected in his C.C. Kid strip, working next to Bill Everett, Jack Cole, Lloyd Jacquet, leav...

People in this episode

Host: David Armstrong

Guest: Martin Filchock

Topics covered

• comic book history
• Golden Age comics
• interview
• artist background
• railroad work
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• comic strip creation

Keywords

• Martin Filchock
• David Armstrong
• comic books
• Golden Age
• Tidbits Magazine
• Centaur
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Mighty Man
• comic strip

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tidbits Magazine, Comics Magazine Company, Centaur, Civilian Conservation Corps

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