A History Of Eagle Part 4-An Orb Is A Circle Without End

A HISTORY OF EAGLE PART 4

by Neil Vokes

Read Part 1 Here, Part 2 Here, Part 3 Here

In the intervening years between then and now (the early summer of 2007) I attempted several relaunches of the book, but to no avail-I even started a story introducing new characters and potential plotlines, but couldn’t find a writer that was up to the task of scripting it from my art (having “misplaced” Jack Herman through the years-I’m still saddened by that) and I wasn’t up to the task either so between that and other work it was put on the shelf).

(unpublished Eagle-The Lost Years page)

We very quietly celebrated Eagle’s 20^th anniversary in September of ‘06 and I’m afraid I let that slip by without any kind of new EAGLE comic available. I still kick myself about that to this day.

The good news is that things have changed since the beginning of the New Year. My family and I have moved into a new home (I finally have my own studio!) and I found a writer who was willing to dive into the deep end of Eagle’s deep universe. Robert Tinnell is a very talented filmmaker who I met some years back at a Famous Monsters of Filmland convention. We’re both huge horror film fans and became close friends. In that time we started working together on several original graphic novels (including THE BLACK FOREST 1 & 2 and THE WICKED WEST 1 & 2) so he was a natural to get to write Richard Eagle’s new adventures.

The other, very important person who has become involved in this new undertaking is another horror geek like Bob and me, David Zuzelo, or Z as I call him. Z has the distinction of being the first person to be officially involved with Eagle who was a fan of the comic as a young man back in the ‘80s (true, I’m a fan of Eagle also, but it’s not the same thing.) so he comes at it from a unique angle: he probably knows more about the world of Eagle than even I do!. He has become the heart and soul of this new book and Bob and I couldn’t do it without him (I think you’ll get a kick out of what Z has planned for you-including this very blog he created himself)

We plan to provide you a new storyline-bringing Eagle back from the limbo he’s been in all these years-mixed with reprints of the original series, which I have somewhat “Lucased” (a term I coined to cover the tweaks I made to some of the art-may the Comic Gods-and especially Rich-forgive me) What we hope to accomplish at the very least with the newer Eagle tales, dear reader, is to remind the loyal fans of what they loved about the character and to invite new fans into his world.

Yes, a new EAGLE page!

I’d like to add to what my buddy Rich said earlier about thanking everyone out there for their undying loyalty these past 20 years. Though Rich left the comics world behind long, long ago, I think I can speak for him and say that he appreciates it as much as I do to this very day.

As for myself, I’m looking forward to celebrating my 23^rd anniversary in the comic biz in November of this year. I have had the most fun anyone could possibly hope telling comic book stories for you. With any luck Eagle and I both will be entertaining you for many years to come.

That’s All There Is To It,
Neil D Vokes
6.8.07