{"id":4857,"date":"2011-01-28T06:45:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2011-01-27T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:51:46","slug":"i-interviewed-comic-book-legend-john-ostrander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/28\/i-interviewed-comic-book-legend-john-ostrander\/","title":{"rendered":"I interviewed comic book legend John Ostrander!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/2011\/01\/28\/john-ostrander-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Firestorm Fan interview with John Ostrander\" src=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/images\/logo_260.gif\" alt=\"Firestorm Fan interview with John Ostrander\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a>Sorry I haven&#8217;t been posting here lately (more on that in the coming weeks).\u00a0 To make things worse, I\u2019m not even going to give you a real post today.  Instead I\u2019m going to direct you over to my other blog <a title=\"John Ostrander interview\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/2011\/01\/28\/john-ostrander-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIRESTORM FAN<\/a> where I\u2019ve posted my interview with comic book legend John Ostrander!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John Ostrander started in the comic book business in 1983 and was incredibly  successful.\u00a0 By 1987 he was writing five different monthly titles!\u00a0 He  is best known for his work on <em>SUICIDE SQUAD, GRIMJACK, THE SPECTRE,<\/em> and <em>STAR WARS: LEGACY<\/em>.\u00a0 Ostrander has written hundreds of fantastic comics and was nominated for the <em>Comics Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/em> Award for Favorite Writer in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.\u00a0 Ostrander wrote 45 issues of <em>FIRESTORM <\/em>vol  II from 1987 through 1990.\u00a0\u00a0 Besides Firestorm co-creator Gerry Conway,  Ostrander has written the character more than any other author.\u00a0 Probably his  most lasting contribution to the DC Universe was the recasting of the  former Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, into the information and computer  specialist Oracle.\u00a0 Currently he is working on <em>STAR WARS LEGACY: WAR<\/em> from Dark Horse Comics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John was kind enough to spend some time discussing his run on Firestorm with me for FIRESTORM FAN.\u00a0 We discussed how Ostrander broke into the business, his time on the Firestorm comic, and his career in general.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So head over to <a title=\"John Ostrander Interview at Firestorm Fan.com\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/2011\/01\/28\/john-ostrander-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIRESTORM FAN.com<\/a> and check out comic book legend John Ostrander.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div 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Some of his best known work includes: Suicide Squad, Star Wars Legacy, The Spectre, Legends, Grimjack, The Kents, Hawkworld, Martian Manhunter, Eternal Warrior, Magnus Robot Fighter, Manhunter, Firestorm, and the list goes on and on.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/suicide_squad_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4338,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/07\/listen-up-star-wars-marvel-comics-plif\/","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":1},"title":"Listen Up: Star Wars Marvel Comics&#8230; Plif!","date":"October 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you love the old Star Wars comics from Marvel?\u00a0 Then you need to check out Two True Freaks Star Wars Monthly Mondays! Hosts Scott Gardner and Chris Honeywell were kind enough to invite me to join them for Star Wars Monthly Monday #24 (Two True Freaks episode #144). 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To pour salt in that wound, I'm not even\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/firestormfan.com\/images\/logo_260.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3815,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/20\/1987-at-dc-comics-suicide-squad-checkmate-and-doom-patrol\/","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":3},"title":"1987 at DC Comics: Suicide Squad, Checkmate, and Doom Patrol","date":"July 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We're continuing our week-long look at old advertisements for DC Comics that began their run in 1987.\u00a0 What a great year 1987 was for DC Comics! Yesterday we looked at Justice League, the Dr. Fate mini-series, and an Amethyst mini-series.\u00a0 Today we'll delve into the seedier side of the DCU\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Suicide Squad by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, Karl Kesel advertisement","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/87suicidesquad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3284,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/26\/gerry-conway-interview-on-comics-and-tv-career\/","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":4},"title":"Gerry Conway Interview on Comics and TV Career","date":"April 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently had another opportunity to interview Gerry Conway, comics and TV legend!\u00a0 This time Michael Bailey (from the Views from the Longbox podcast) 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 I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Gerry Conway Interview on Comics and TV Career","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firestormfan.com\/images\/gerryconway.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":293,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/15\/my-new-blog-firestorm-fan\/","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":5},"title":"My New Blog&#8230; Firestorm Fan","date":"January 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Because\u00a0apparently I don't spend enough time blogging already, I've started another\u00a0blog!\u00a0 FIRESTORM FAN - A blog dedicated to DC Comics Nuclear Man - Firestorm!\u00a0 You can find it at http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/. 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