Star Reach

Star Reach

"Star Reach" (also spelled "Star*Reach") was an influential science fiction and fantasy comics anthology published by Mike Friedrich. It is unrelated to the early MS-DOS computer game of the same name.

Overview

Significant as one of the first mainstream independent comic books, and the first with any significant distribution, "Star*Reach" bridged the gap between the countercultural underground comics and traditional Marvel/DC Comics fare, providing mature genre stories for an adult audience. Along with such other examples as Flo Steinberg's "Big Apple Comix", published in 1975, and Harvey Pekar's naturalistic Everyman series "American Splendor", first published in 1976, "Star*Reach" was an important forerunner to the late-1970s rise of the modern graphic novel, and of the 1980s' independent comics.

Eighteen issues were released between 1974 and 1979. Most of the content was intended for an adult audience. Contributors included such Marvel and DC writers and artists as Howard Chaykin, Jim Starlin, and Barry Windsor-Smith. It also included prose short stories by such respected authors as Roger Zelazny, who wrote the 13-page "The Doors Of His Face, The Lamps Of His Mouth", with illustrations by Gray Morrow, in issue #12 (March 1978).

Friedrich's company grew into a small publishing house, also called Star*Reach, that published the comic book series "Quack"; "Imagine"; and Lee Marrs' "Pudge, Girl Blimp", along with a number of one-shot comics. The company ceased publishing in 1979.

Eclipse Comics repackaged some of the original "Star*Reach" material as "Star*Reach Classics" in 1984.

Contributors

Johnny AchzigerNeal AdamsJeff BonivertFrank BrunnerHoward Chaykin • Mark Cohen • Gene DaySteve EnglehartFabio GasbarriMichael GilbertDick GiordanoSitoshi Hirota • Robert Gould • Eric KimballPaul KirchnerSteve LeialohaLee MarrsAl MilgromJeffrey MorganGray MorrowDean MotterMasaichi MukaideMichael Netzer (Nasser)P. Craig RussellDave SimWalt SimonsonSteve SkeatesMary Skrenes • Bob Smith • Ken SteacyJim StarlinJoe StatonMike VosburgMal WarwickLen WeinBarry Windsor-SmithMark A. WordenJohn WorkmanRoger Zelazny

Critical appraisal

Richard J. Arndt, "The "Star*Reach" Bibliography" [http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Richard%20Arndt/The%20Star.htm] :

References

* [http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Richard%20Arndt/Star-Reach.htm "The Star-Reach Bibliography", by Richard J. Arndt]


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