Gerry Conway Why he came back to comics

About this episode

Gerry Conway discusses his return to comics after a successful television career, highlighting his work on significant projects.

On this episode, we go back to 2009 for a great conversation with Gerry Conway, a writer whose career has taken some fascinating turns across comics and television. We talk about why Gerry stepped away from a successful run in TV, writing shows like Law & Order and Diagnosis: Murder, to return to DC Comics for a surprising and, frankly, underappreciated project, The Last Days of Animal Man. That decision ends up sparking what you could call a full third act comeback in comics, leading him back into the Marvel universe and onto Spider-Man once again. Along the way, we dig into some of Gerry’s most iconic work, from the still controversial and era defining “death of Gwen Stacy” in The Amazing Spider-Man to the massive, history making 1976 Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man treasury edition.

People in this episode

Host: John Siuntres

Guest: Gerry Conway

Topics covered

• comics
• television
• writer career
• Gerry Conway
• Spider-Man
• iconic work

Keywords

• Gerry Conway
• comics
• television
• Spider-Man
• The Last Days of Animal Man
• Law & Order
• Diagnosis: Murder
• death of Gwen Stacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DC Comics, Marvel

Books & works: The Last Days of Animal Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, Law & Order, Diagnosis: Murder

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