Peter B. Gillis Big Comics Readthrough

Peter Gillis' last years as a writer were dominated by projects that didn't quite come to fruition. He had several books in the pipeline, including sci-fi and fantasy novels, plus a short story collection Welcome to the Gillisverse . He'd also written a couple of unfilmed screenplays. In 2016 Gillis began a serialised freewheeling web subscription story Romance of the Rose , through Connor Cochlan's Conlan Press. Gillis asked Dr Strange artist Mark Badger to provide the illustrations. Legal disputes at Conlan curtailed publication, so only 29 of its 50 chapters were posted. I believe 1First were lined up to publish a completed edition, but there's been no word on that since. During the pandemic of 2020, PBG vowed to post a chapter a day of a new story online. As lockdown ended up running much longer than expected, his tongue in cheek madcap fantasy Humans  concluded after 191 chapters, which are still available to read. Following the publication of The Black Flame g...

It's fitting that Peter Gillis' favourite childhood character is the one he ended up having the longest association with. When asked recently what appealed to him so about Doctor Strange , he replied "I think the limitless possibilities of it... I looked at Steve Ditko's Dr Strange universes and just said, I want to participate in that. And Strange's stories were different... he was the epitome of cool. He didn't wear shoes. He had a flowing blouse and a cape. And a moustache. And could open doors and space with a gesture." What more could you possibly want? Gillis' Strange stories pretty much spanned the length of his decade at Marvel, starting with this early leftover... Marvel Fanfare #8 (1983) - Doctor Strange Pencils: Carmine Infantino Inks: P Craig Russell Fanfare published a lot of inventory stories, i.e. fill-in issues that were kept for emergencies. Inventory that had passed its use by date often wound up as Fanfare fare. Such is the fate of ...