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Fantasy February and Magical March! Crossed Swords #1 Glimmer of hope? "Untitled.” Writer – Tom Zjaba Art – Andrew Barrett Editor– Tom Zjaba December 1986 We covered the rocky history of Cleveland based KZ comics back when I reviewed TheUnicorn Kings last year. The tiny publisher, headed by Tom Zjaba who ended up being the only remaining partner and creative force. A copy of his book Colt still sits in the Crapbox, unreviewed, but I thought this was the perfect time to take a look at his fantasy D&D effort “Crossed Swords,” which came out right around the time his company folded. The book is exactly what you would expect from an "about to go under startup publisher" in the mid 80’s: poor artwork and generic story setup. There isn’t anything in this issue that will blow your socks off, but something about it intrigued me toward the end. However, with the uneven art and juvenile story concept, it is easy to see how audiences moved on to other titles after a quick fli

Fantasy February and Magical March! Kid's Stuff DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Winter Night #3 The ’50 Shades of Grey’ of Fantasy Literature "The Ninth Head that Couldn’t Die” Story – Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Adaption Script – Andrew Dabb Penciller – Steve Kurth Colorist – Nei Ruffino Letterer – Brian J. Crowley Editor– Mark Powers November 2006 This review will be late. There’s no other way around it. This review will not come out on time. Likely it won’t even come out the week it is started. I have plenty to say about Weis and Hickman’s DragonLance book series. Not to mention that this comic, based upon the second book in the first series, has 48 pages and most of them (44) NOT advertisements. But there’s another reason, too. The book series gives me tired head. It didn’t always. Right after devouring the Amber books in the wake of getting my college degree, I started in on TSR’s book series. DragonLance was available at the public library. I plunged in with bo