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	Kurt Busiek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These include Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Ninjak, Iron Man, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, The Power Company, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and (perhaps most notably) the Marvels miniseries and (in the wake of the acclaim he received for Marvels) Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
		In the Squiddy Awards, he was also named the favorite poster (among professional comics creators) to the rec.arts.comics.* newsgroups five years in a row from 2000 through 2004.
		This profile of a comics writer is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurt_Busiek (324 words)

	Comics Continuum
		Arrowsmith #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from DC Comics.
		Arrowsmith longs for adventure in a world in which the highest call to answer is a call to duty, and the loftiest goal is to maintain one's honor."
		Arrowsmith #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0307/10/dcfirsts.htm (511 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Arrowsmith: So Smart in Their Fine Uniforms - Kurt Busiek - Paperback
		It's 1915, and Fletcher Arrowsmith is a Connecticut farm boy who heads to Europe to learn to fly and fight the Prussians.
		Arrowsmith's mixture of WWI aesthetics and sword-and-sorcery elements must've been tricky to pull off visually, but Pacheco holds his own, drawing with a slick-lined grace and understating the witty variations he's devised for everything from the soldiers' outfits to European architecture.
		Fletcher Arrowsmith, a small-town Connecticut boy, leaves home to fight in the European war of 1915, even though the United States of Columbia has not offially joined the fight.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=1401202993 (341 words)

	Arrowsmith #4 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		However a conversation with his commanding officer gets him back out interacting with the world, but when Arrowsmith is on hand to witness the effects of an evil gas attack, what little happiness he managed to find is quickly dampened by this display of outright savagery by the enemy.
		The opening battle where Arrowsmith proves he won't crack under pressure was also nicely handled, as the art shows a fine understanding of the idea that these characters are flying through the air, freed from the confines of gravity.
		The scene where Arrowsmith visits the bedside of his one time rival was also well done, though it would be more effective if I hadn't already seen this scene play out in every other war movie I've ever seen.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/106842396875636.htm (516 words)

	The SF Site: Sequential Art
		Arrowsmith is an original side project from award-winning Astro City writer Kurt Busiek set in a gothic alternate history version of the First World War, a steampunk environ with arcane magic replacing mustard gas and floating squads of soldiers with shoulder-perching mini-dragons subbing for Sopwith Camels.
		Recoiling from the horror of what he has participated in, Arrowsmith spends most of this issue (with epistolary narration) elucidating the finer points of both his guilt and mystification with the mindless blood sport of mass conflict.
		Interspersed between the straightforward bits are a handful of abstract panels that range from morbidly comic to powerful noir sequences, revealing Conrad's dexterous artistic and narrative range.
	www.sfsite.com /columns/matt007.htm (2237 words)

	Strange-Haven.com News -- Busiek Talks About Arrowsmith
		The story of Fletcher Arrowsmith is told in Arrowsmith a miniseries coming from writer Kurt Busiek, penciller Carlos Pacheco and inker Jesus Merino from Wildstorm's Cliffhanger imprint in July.
		Back when Gorilla Comics was starting up, we talked about creating a project to do there, and Arrowsmith was what came out of that - I suggested the basic concept, as something that could have wide-open adventure possibilities, and lots of fascinating settings and unusual visuals that Carlos could really go to town on.
		Arrowsmith, as mentioned earlier, isn't just a coming of age story set during a war, there is a definite fantastical element, Busiek says.
	www.strange-haven.com /news/042703/news3.html (1651 words)

	COMICON.com: KURT BUSIEK INTER/REVIEW
		BUSIEK: ARROWSMITH is a war comic at the moment, yes, and as the story of a soldier in a world war, war is going to be a part of things.
		If ARROWSMITH were a fantastic success, I could see exploring other aspects of the world in their own series if they were popular and intriguing enough, but for the moment we're sticking with our boy.
		The Comical Tragedy Of Punch and Judy took him five years to complete and it was released in January of 2002.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=001630 (2722 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire
		After three Marvel Comics Conan ongoing books, at least three takes on the sort-of spin-off Red Sonja, along with comic versions of other loosely associated characters, some Conan fans might be wondering what Busiek is offering to entice them back to the comic shop after all this time.
		Fletcher Arrowsmith is one of these young men, an idealistic young guy from Columbia (our version of the US), wanting to do the right thing but on the way to learning some brutal lessons about the difference between his dreams and reality.
		I suggested that he do something with biplane pilots as wizards -- the whole idea of young wizards who are trained fast and used as soldiers in a bloody and destructive war, rather than the greybeards who spend their lives in study and contemplation we usually see.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=2772 (2604 words)

	Comics Continuum
		Arrowsmith #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from DC Comics.
		War, magic and romance abound as Fletcher Arrowsmith commences his training as a mystical aviator in 1915 New York.
		Arrowsmith #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0308/14/dcfirsts.htm (857 words)

	Clandestine Critic: Comics currently craved: A discussion of WHY
		Comics, cinema, comedy, television, pop culture and anything else that grabs me, consumed and commented upon while protected by the anonymity of the internet.
		I’m glad I got the comics because Vaughan does cliff-hangers wonderfully and also because I don’t like digest size for the collection, but mainly because this is one of the most consistently enjoyable books that Marvel is putting out at the moment.
		Comics, my LCS, had the three issues as a set for £5, less than the individual comics, so I got lucky.
	clandestinecritic.blogspot.com /2005/08/comics-currently-craved-discussion-of.html (2725 words)

	Bags and Boards: July 2004 Archives
		With comics, it was fun to add pictures to the storytelling toolbox, though he says writing for the screen requires him to step back a bit more than either comics or novels.
		Comics creator and toymaker Todd McFarlane was ordered by a St. Louis jury to pay $15 million to former NHL player Tony Twist for violating the athlete's publicity rights.
		Dysfunctional families are not new to comics, but ones this dark and told from the viewpoint of a struggling housewife who can never please her unruly and often grotesque family is at least unusual.
	weblogs.variety.com /bags_and_boards/2004/07 (9049 words)

	Capsule reviews - 20 July 2003
		Meanwhile, young Fletcher Arrowsmith (now there's a strained name) decides to join the army so that he can learn to fly and fight evil in Europe.
		Anyone with a passing interest in the comics industry and an IQ in double figures could tell this series was going to bomb.
		With this series, I can't quite shake the feeling that Warren Ellis is indulging in a set of writing exercises; nonetheless, he does deliver consistent single-issue stories, albeit in bizarre contrast to the trade paperback orthodoxy.
	www.thexaxis.com /capsules/20Jul03.htm (997 words)

	Welcome to Slushfactory.com: A Pop Culture Extravaganza
		He's been in the comics industry for over twenty years, and in that time has spun some of the finest super-hero tales ever.
		It won't be what people generally expect from an acton comic, I think, and hopefully not anything simple-minded; it illustrates a change from innocence to a growing maturity, and shows how someone grapples with the choices that we all grapple with along that road.
		Comic writers often talk about how blown away they were when they got to see their words turned into images, how some sequences went beyond what they'd imagined or discussed.
	www.slushfactory.com /content/EpVlkyVpAZBwGVgZQm.php (3211 words)

	Arrowsmith #4 - Shiny Shelf
		'Arrowsmith' is a rare success in the field, bringing the essence of a real historical period to life through some clever fictitious, fantasy twists.
		Fletcher Arrowsmith is a young lad from the United States of Columbia who signs up to become an airman in the Great War in Europe, but instead of flying planes, these airmen use dragons and magic, engaging in airborne sword fights with the enemy.
		Like so many young men during the conflict, lead character Fletcher Arrowsmith started his journey with patriotic enthusiasm, but has soon found that enthusiasm waning when faced with the horrors of the war.
	www.shinyshelf.co.uk /article/757 (479 words)

	COMICON.com: BUSIEK'S ARROWSMITH
		ARROWSMITH is an adventure series about magic and war and a coming of age, both for the hero of the story and for the world he lives in.
		ARROWSMITH tells the adventures of one such airman -- Fletcher Arrowsmith, a youngster from the United States of Columbia (history has been somewhat different in this world, due to the presence of magic) who leaves home to join the Overseas Aero Corps, to learn magic, to learn to fly and to make a difference.
		We hope to exlplore the world of ARROWSMITH over many stories, and what the world is like and what humanity (and others) have accomplished are certainly things that'll come up.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=001027 (2765 words)

	Arrowsmith #2 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		We then join him while his off enjoying a three day leave with his young lady friend, and we see Arrowsmith is growing increasingly concerned by her belief that he's a highly cultured gentleman, when in reality he's just a kid from the country.
		Now one imagines that since he's our lead character Arrowsmith is going to survive the dangers he's up against (at least until the final issue), and based on the tone of the letter I imagine next issue will have Arrowsmith involved in the war effort.
		Of course it helps that he's been given such an artist friendly story, as I can't think of a better setting for a visual showcase than a series that is populated by creatures like trolls & dragons, and starring a lead character who is training to be a flier.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/106211105654099.htm (690 words)

	iComics.com
		This isn't the World War I that you and I may remember, though, because this is a world where magic grew up alongside science, and this is a war that has fire demons alongside trench warfare.
		All of this shouldn't bother Fletcher Arrowsmith, because he's on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, safe at home; Columbia may have entered the war to aid its allies, but as Fletcher's father reminds him it's Europe's problem, not Columbia's.
		Arrowsmith is a six-issue limited-series from Wildstorm; the first issue is on sale at better comic stores everywhere.
	www.icomics.com /rev_081103_arrowsmith.shtml (530 words)

	Amazon.com: So Smart in Their Fine Uniforms (Arrowsmith, Book 1): Books: Kurt Busiek,Carlos Pacheco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Fletcher Arrowsmith, son of a small-town flsmith with isolationist tendencies, seeks not just glory but the chance to do something, to take part in the battle against evil.
		Collecting Arrowsmith issues 1 to 6, this is what you would call a "coming of age" story.
		The main character, the teenager Fletcher Arrowsmith, grows and matures through the pages of the book until war makes of him an adult person, introducing us to the World War I with a very nice touch of magic.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401202993?v=glance (1618 words)

	TheFourthRail.com
		I enjoyed the first issue of Arrowsmith, but with the premise and characters established, the second issue is even better.
		Arrowsmith is a fun book, sure to fire the imagination and delight the senses with the compelling visuals, and it might just stand alongside Astro City as some of Busiek's finest work when all is said and done.
		Cinnamon is an old DC western character, but what Van Meter and company have created here isn't so much a western as a southwestern, a modernized action story in the vein of Robert Rodriguez that celebrates the sort of outlaw culture that still exists in the border towns of Texas and Mexico.
	www.thefourthrail.com /reviews/snapjudgments/081803/snapshots.shtml (1735 words)

	Welcome to Demolition Comics.com
		Arrowsmith vol.1 #5 (of 6) Mar. 2004 "Chapter Five-Atrocity!" The fantasy-adventure takes a new and dangerous twist as the first ARROWSMITH miniseries blazes toward its explosive conclusion!
		Fletcher Arrowsmith has been hearing about atrocities since the war began.
		Caught in the middle of a horrifying attack with a deadly, sorcerous super-weapon, he learns the full horror that comes with the carnage, both in terms of human life and even greater, more dangerous losses.
	www.demolitioncomics.com /main/itemdetail.php?item=9250 (98 words)

	Comics Should Be Good: In case you're interested ...
		Comics Should Be Good: In case you're interested...
		Well, my latest Comics You Should Own tells you all about why Avengers Forever is worthy of your attention.
		As I mentioned, this is a "comic about comics" that only true comics geeks would probably like - it's definitely not for everyone, especially casual Marvel or comics readers.
	goodcomics.blogspot.com /2005/08/in-case-youre-interested.html (470 words)

	Printer Friendly: Arrowsmith #1 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		Publisher: DC Arrowsmith examines World War I in a fantasy setting as well as through a truthful story indicating the way in which young men are seduced into battle.
		The propaganda of the war department attracts the young and naive to what appears to be a noble cause and the romance of the uniform.
		When first we see the OAC they should be a bright spot and spectacular, but the reader has already experienced vicariously the battlefield, and she can see the meaning behind the trappings.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/105867628969596,print.htm (662 words)

	iFanboy: 08.20.2003 - Arrowsmith #2
		Out of all of the announcements at this summer's San Diego Comic Con, one of the ones that made me the happiest was one of the least splashiest.
		DC Comics had announced that the first issue of Arrowsmith had sold out to retailers.
		Arrowsmith takes place at the beginning of the 20th Century in a world slowly becoming engulfed in war, just as we were at that time.
	www.ifanboy.com /archives/000048.html (460 words)

	Cliffhanger Comics from Wildstorm DC Comics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Cliffhanger Comics is known for it's fantastic settings and personalities.
		The art and especially the color techniques of these comics is generally very good, various starbursts and gradients give metal a shine and eyes a glow without looking technical or sloppy.Good thick inking gives subtle shape and shadow rather than thin lines scribbling out detail.
		Cliffhanger's comics like Arrowsmith (not relating to the band of same name) have become obscure, and Wildstorm is not a well known company.
	streetsharp.net /cliffhanger_dc_comics.htm (174 words)

	Arrowsmith Volume 1 - Captain Comics Round Table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It isn't long before Arrowsmith is shipped out to Europe where he witnesses -- and even commits -- some of the worst sins of war.
		Fletcher Arrowsmith is fairly similar to other Busiek creations- the bright-eyed youth who pushes himself into adult situations over his head (see ShockRockets and Astro City: Confession for comparisons).
		My friend, who is an alternate history fan and not a regular reader of comics, had only one complaint: there wasn't a second volume.
	www.captaincomics.us /forums/index.php?showtopic=21489 (818 words)

	iFanboy: 10.29.2003 - Arrowsmith #4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Last month in Arrowsmith, our young Aero Corps volunteers saw their first real action in the skies and the results were pretty bloody.
		This month, Fletcher Arrowsmith struggles to deal with the reality that flying in the Aero Corps and fighting in the war is not as romantic as he thought it would be and that people he cares about (and even people he hates) can be hurt and killed.
		I've never served in the armed forces myself, but I imagine that this might be a common experience for some people who get their first taste of combat.
	www.ifanboy.com /archives/000098.html (496 words)

	The Collins Compendium of Free Online Comic Books
		Two of the greatest obstacles that comics have in reaching readers are exposure and cost.
		There are now a plethora of comic books that can be read in full online, completely legally and at absolutely no cost.
		If you know of more comics I could include, or discover that any of these links have gone bad, please e-mail me.
	www.geocities.com /nerolsnilloc/freecomic.html (632 words)

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