The Murphy Anderson 1998 Shoot Interview by David Armstrong

David Armstrong interviewed Golden and Silver Age great, Murphy Anderson in 1998 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his entry into comic books in the 1940s, working with Harry Chesler, Jerry Iger and Jack Burne, then in Fiction House with Ruben Moreira, drafted into the army, working on the Buck Rogers comic strip, working at DC Comics, then Ziff-Davis with Jerry Siegel, the science fiction comics of DC with Julius Schwartz, Dan and Sy Barry, bringing back superheroes in the mid 1950s, the Atomic Knights, Mike Sekowsky, first depicting Snapper Carr, covers for DC, his favorite movies, his contract with PS Magazine and if drawing comic books was a meaningful profession.

Interview conducted, recorded and copyrighted to David Armstrong.
Remastered, edited, timestamped and postproduction by Alex Grand.

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📜 Chapters
00:00 Background
00:21 Reading comics
00:44 Starting drawing
00:58 First work published
01:33 What got you into comics?
02:08 Business in New York
03:18 Harry Chesler, Jerry Iger, Jack Burne
04:11 In the Fiction House
04:51 Ruben Moreira
05:23 Into the army | Radar test
06:39 After service | Buck Rogers
07:57 Did you still comics during this time?
08:34 Going into DC Comics
09:15 Working for Ziff-Davis
09:49 Julius Schwartz
10:21 Science fiction works in DC
11:00 Dan Barry & Sy Barry
11:58 In the 50's superheroes gone
12:26 Reestablishing some of the heroes | Julius Schwartz
14:05 Back to Buck Rogers
14:17 Back to DC | Inking
15:58 Atomic Knights
16:52 Mike Sekowsky | Justice League-Snapper Carr
17:46 Doing covers
18:19 Long-term relationship with artists you ink
19:15 Missed any deadlines
19:39 Movies influenced
20:56 Comic book's lifespan then and now
21:45 Current works
22:02 Any retirement plan | PS Magazine
23:19 My life was a dream come true
23:38 Outro

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