{"id":3284,"date":"2010-04-26T06:45:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T10:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2010-04-25T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T22:32:21","slug":"gerry-conway-interview-on-comics-and-tv-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/26\/gerry-conway-interview-on-comics-and-tv-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerry Conway Interview on Comics and TV Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I recently had another opportunity to interview Gerry Conway, comics and TV legend!\u00a0 This time Michael Bailey (from the <a title=\"Michael Bailey&#039;s Views from the Longbox podcast\" href=\"http:\/\/fortressofbaileytude.com\/viewsfromthelongbox\/?p=513\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Views from the Longbox podcast<\/a>) and I interviewed Gerry together.\u00a0 Gerry was extraordinarily generous with his time sitting down with us for about two hours.\u00a0 What a great guy!\u00a0 Previously <a title=\"Gerry Conway interview on Firestorm\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/2010\/01\/13\/gerry-conway-firestorm-interview\/\" target=\"_self\">I interviewed Gerry about Firestorm<\/a>, a comic character he co-created with Al Milgrom.\u00a0\u00a0 This time we tackled his entire comics and TV career, yet only scratched the surface of his body of work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fortressofbaileytude.com\/viewsfromthelongbox\/?p=513\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Gerry Conway Interview on Comics and TV Career\" src=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/images\/gerryconway.jpg\" alt=\"Gerry Conway Interview on Comics and TV Career\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gerry Conway was one of the most prolific comic book writers of the 1970s and 80s.\u00a0 <a title=\"Gerry Conway&#039;s writing credits on Comic Book DB.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=377\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">His writing credits go on for miles!<\/a> He\u2019s probably best known for co-creating the Punisher and Firestorm, as well as scripting the death of Gwen Stacy in the <em>Amazing Spider-Man<\/em>.\u00a0 He also wrote for and produced such TV series as <em>Law &amp; Order<\/em> and <em>Diagnosis Murder<\/em>.\u00a0 Gerry recently returned to comics after an almost 20 year absence with the insightful mini-series, <a title=\"The Last Days of Animal Man TPB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/dcu\/graphic_novels\/?gn=14091\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><em>The Last Days of Animal Man<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As always, Gerry was a true joy to talk with. During our two hours together, we discussed how Gerry started in comics, his work on <em>Firestorm<\/em>, <em>Steel: The Indestructible Man<\/em>, Justice League Detroit, the <em>Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man <\/em>crossover, <em>Iron Man<\/em>, DC during the Explosion and Implosion and much, much more.\u00a0 We even get to talk some <em>Law and Order: Criminal Intent<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure to head over to <strong><a title=\"Gerry Conway Interview on Views from the Longbox\" href=\"http:\/\/fortressofbaileytude.com\/viewsfromthelongbox\/?p=513\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX.com<\/a><\/strong> and listen to our interview with comic book legend Gerry Conway.\u00a0 Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the interview. 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