WildTimes: An Oral History Of Wildstorm Studios

by Joseph Hedges

With over 75 participants and close to 80 hours of interview transcripts all combined into a chronological oral history format, Wild Times looks at WildStorm Studios' history through the journeys of the people that lived it. Equal parts an inside glance at the inner workings of the comic book industry, a look back at WildStorm's publishing history as well as overviews of the careers of some of comics' brightest stars when their paths crossed with WildStorm, Wild Times provides a unique glimpse at the impact of the studio from its beginnings in the early '90s through its closing in 2010. Celebrate WildStorm's amazing tale with artists- J. Scott Campbell, Carlos D'Anda, Adam Hughes, Gene Ha, Dustin Nguyen; writers- Brian Azzarello, Brian Wood, Kurt Busiek, James Robinson, Christos Gage; colorists- Alex Sinclair, Laura Martin, David Baron, Justin Ponsor; editors- Scott Dunbier, John Layman, Ben Abernathy, Ted Adams and many, many more!

Genres: Nonfiction

338 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2017

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Effective. Decent enough. As oral histories go--this isn't a horrible one. There are just notable absent voices. I'll grant that the interviewer couldn't get the bigger names at Wildstorm to sit down--due to busy schedules, but man their voices would have given so much more to the stories found in the book. It is still a good enough read. It doesn't do a lot to include you if you are not familar at least a little with the books mentioned.

Yet being a work kickstarted and actually published--that is a victory in and of itself.

A bigger budget for visuals and bigger names would have made this an essential must read for comic book readers who want to know how the sausage is made.

[Josh Url · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I mostly focused on the X-Men growing up the heroes of the Wildstorm Universe were not alien to me. I remember reading the very first WildC.A.T.s and Stormwatch issues and of course the later issues by Alan Moore, James Robinson, and Warren Ellis. The Authority blew my mind at the time and subsequently Planetary did the same. Wildstorm was one of the coolest and best comic book studios/publishers/universes I ever emersed myself in as a reader and getting to hear about Wildstorm Studios by the people there was an awesome nostalgic ride that made me pick up some Wildstorm graphic novels I haven't read yet. I highly recommend this book for anyone who fondly remembers Wildstorm comics!