{"id":1133,"date":"2009-06-05T03:01:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T07:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2023-06-08T23:21:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T04:21:04","slug":"exclusive-interview-with-creators-of-blue-devil-amethyst-dan-mishkin-gary-cohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/05\/exclusive-interview-with-creators-of-blue-devil-amethyst-dan-mishkin-gary-cohn\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview with Creators of Blue Devil & Amethyst – Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLUE DEVIL WEEK<\/a> concludes here at ONCE UPON A GEEK…<\/p>\n

Today we’ve got a very special treat – the first creator interview from ONCE UPON A GEEK!\u00a0 Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, creators of the DC comic book characters Blue Devil and Amethyst Princess of Gemworld, were kind enough to spend some time with Ravenface<\/a> and I discussing their creations. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn both have been professional writers for nearly 30 years.\u00a0 Their writing credits go on for miles, whether writing as a team or independently.\u00a0 They are probably best known together for creating Blue Devil<\/em> and Amethyst Princess of Gemworld<\/em>, but they have also written a great deal on their own.\u00a0 Just to name a few items… Dan wrote the Wonder Woman<\/em> comic from 1982 through 1985, and more recently published a children’s book entitled The Forest King: Woodlark’s Shadow<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0 Gary wrote Shi <\/em>for Crusade Comics and the Masters of the Universe action figure mini-comics.<\/p>\n

Dan and Gary are true professionals and a joy to talk with.\u00a0 We truly appreciate how generous they were with their time.\u00a0 They indulged all our fanboy questions and explained a lot of the inner-workings of the comic book industry.\u00a0\u00a0 We talked about the characters, artists, the writing process, creator rights, proposed action figures, crossovers, and much more! I believe any comic book reader, even if you aren’t a fan of Blue Devil or Amethyst, would genuinely enjoy this interview.<\/p>\n

Dan and Gary did a fantastic interview about Blue Devil for Back Issue <\/em>magazine two years ago. In that interview they discussed things such as: how they came together as a writing team; what inspired them to create Blue Devil; and what was it like working with artist Paris Cullins. It’s the holy grail of Blue Devil interviews, so we did not re-tread those same questions here. If you haven’t read that excellent interview, issue #21 of Back Issue<\/em> is available as a digital download from TwoMorrows Publishing.<\/a><\/p>\n

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During our interview we reference two different Amethyst-related works of art.\u00a0 Here are links to both of those:<\/p>\n