Fanboy
DC Comics.
Fanboy
(Fanboy 1-6; w Mark Evanier; a Sergio Aragonés et al.).
[From DC Comics: What happens when you take a comics fan with an
overactive imagination and undeveloped social skills and give him his own
comic book? You get Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés' FANBOY, that's
what! Now all six issues of this hilarious, aptly-titled miniseries are
collected into a single volume, with a new cover by co-creator Aragonés
and an introduction by the Fanboy himself! FANBOY, a 144-page trade paperback
by writer Evanier and artist Aragonés (the co-creators of Groo),
stars Finster, a mild-mannered comics shop employee and high-school dreamer
who finds the imaginary worlds of comics more compelling than drab reality—except,
of course, when it comes to trying to get the most popular girl in school
to go out with him. Finster's quixotic advances not only open him up for
endless abuse, but also blind him to the affections of the only girl not
printed on wood pulp with whom he has a relationship. Who helps him to see
the truth? Why, his comic-book heroes, of course—drawn by a host of
the medium's most famed and acclaimed artists! And we're not kidding about
the amazing talents involved here. Behold the exciting roster of big names:
Neal Adams, Brent Anderson, Jordi Bernet, Will Blyberg, Dave Gibbons, Joe
Giella, Mike Grell, Matt Haley, Russ Heath, Phil Jimenez, Gil Kane, Frank
Miller, Jim Mooney, Kevin Nowlan, Jerry Ordway, Wendy Pini, Steve Rude,
Marie Severin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Tom Simmons, Dan Spiegle, Dick Sprang,
Bruce Timm, and Bernie Wrightson—not to mention the amazing cover art
from the original six issues by Aragonés, Ordway, Gil Kane, Kevin
Maguire, Joe Kubert, Bob Kane, and Brian Bolland!] 