First Pro work: "Lettering for Warp #18, Dec. 1984, First Comics; my first pro work for which I actually drew something was in New Talent Showcase # 13, Jan 1985, DC Comics."

Dream Project: "Right now I'm doing my current dream project, Age of Bronze. I haven't thought ahead yet to the next one."

Favorite Project of your own: "Age of Bronze is my favorite project, but of projects I've already completed, my favorite is The Forgotten Forest of Oz."

First comic ever read: "I assume you mean comic book as opposed to comic strip of which I'm sure I saw plenty in the newspaper. The first real comic book I remember was an adaptation of Disney's movie version of Bambi, but I may have seen Children's Digest's serialization of Herge's Tintin adventure The Seven Crystal Balls first."

Favorite comic of all time: "Little Nemo in Slumberland. Or maybe Pogo. Or maybe Blueberry. Or maybe Big Numbers. Or maybe . . ."

Comics you currently read: "Cerebus, Penny Century, Luba, Eightball, Akiko, Black Hole, Measles, Ernie Pook's Comeek, Berlin, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, just about anything by Chester Brown, Ed Brubaker, and Steven Weissman."

One person you'd like to meet: "Whoever has my original art from An Accidental Death."

Last good movie you saw: "Camille"

Last good book you read: "Celebrating Homer's Landscapes" by J. V. Luce"

Celebrity you would have "for a night": "The actor who played Hippolytus in the French film version of Racine's Phedre."

Favorite gay character: "Achilles"

Checklist of Eric Shanower's work

This checklist was kindly provided by the artist.

Forthcoming:

• Legend of the Green Flame, a Superman/Green Lantern team-up (six pages pencilled, the inker is supposed to be Art Adams);
• The Big Book of the '70s (2 pages);
• Oz-story 6 Illustrations for a new Oz story by Eloise McGraw, a story I wrote in collaboration with Glenn Ingersoll, a story by Jack Snow, and who knows what else at this point. Should be out in July 2000.

Comics Penciled:

• Age of Bronze #1-ongoing, Image, 1998-present
• Gangland #3, Vertigo/DC, 1998
• Weird War Tales #1, Vertigo/DC, 1997
• The Big Book of Scandal, DC/Paradox, 1997
• The Big Book of Martyrs, DC/Paradox, 1997
• The Big Book of the Unexplained, DC/Paradox, 1997
• The Big Book of Losers, DC/Paradox, 1996
• The Big Book of Little Criminals, DC/Paradox, 1996
• The Big Book of Freaks, DC/Paradox, 1996
• Prez: Smells Like Teen President, DC Comics, Sept 1995
• Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Special, #1-#5
• Harlan Ellsion's Dream Corridor Quarterly #1, Dark Horse, Jan-Aug, 1996
• The Big Book of Urban Legends, DC/Paradox, 1994
• An Accidental Death, Fantagraphics, Dec 1993
• Comics' Greatest World: Hero Zero Vortex Week 2, Dark Horse, Sept 1993
• Vertigo Jam #1, DC/ Vertigo, Aug 1993
• Dark Horse Presents #65-#67, Dark Horse, Aug-Nov 1992
• Within Our Reach, Star*Reach, Nov 1991
• Who's Who in the DC Universe #3, #5, #12, DC Comics, Oct 1990-Sept 1991
• Lowlife #1, Caliber Press, April 1991
• Marvel Comics Presents #48, Marvel, 1990
• The Elsewhere Prince #1-#6, Marvel/Epic, May-Oct 1990
• Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2, DC Comics, 1989
• Badger Goes Berserk #3, First Comics, Nov 1989
• Fish Police #17, Comico, June 1989
• Secret Origins #32, DC Comics, Nov 1988
• Badger #29, #37, First Comics, Nov 1987, July 1988
• Alien Worlds, Eclipse Comics, May 1988
• The New Wave #13, Eclipse Comics, March 1987
• Who's Who in the DC Universe #21, DC Comics, Nov 1986
• Nexus #12, #13, #17, First Comics, Sept, Oct 1985, Feb 1986
• Creepy #146, Harris Publications, 1985
• New Talent Showcase #16, DC Comics, April 1985
• New Talent Showcase #13, DC Comics, Jan 1985

Comics Inked:

• Star Wars: The Last Command #2-6 (also TPB reprint), Dark Horse, 1997
• King Tiger and Motorhead #1-2, Aug-Sept, 1996
• Motorhead #6, Dark Horse, Jan 1996
• Medal of Honor #2, Dark Horse, Nov 1994
• Indiana Jones & the Golden Fleece #2, Dark Horse, July '94
• The Legend of Aquaman, DC Comics, 1989
• Nexus #8-#16, First Comics, May 1985-Jan 1986

Graphic Novels:

• The Blue Witch of Oz, Dark Horse, 1993
• The Forgotten Forest of Oz, First Comics, 1988
• The Ice King of Oz, First Comics, 1987
• The Secret Island of Oz, First Comics, 1986
• The Enchanted Apples of Oz, First Comics, 1986

Covers and Pin-ups:

• JLA Gallery #1, DC, 1997
• Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #3, #6, Dark Horse, Oct 1994, Jan 1995
• Spandex Tights Summer Special #1, Lost Cause, Sept 1995
• Backlash #12, Image, Aug 1995
• WildC.A.T.s Adventures Sourcebook #1, Image, Jan 1995
• Visions of Arzach Book Collection, Kitchen Sink, Feb 1994
• Out of the Vortex #6, Dark Horse, March 1994
• Cheval Noir #43, Dark Horse, June 1993
• Conservation Corps #3, Archie Comics, Nov 1993
• Eagle #18, Apple Comics, Sept 1988
• A whole slew of trading cards inked, a few pencilled, and a few pin-ups inked and/or pencilled, Image, 1994-1996

Books Illustrated:

• Spectral Snow by Jack Snow, Hungry Tiger Press, 1996
• Oz-story #1-#5, Hungry Tiger Press, 1995-99
• The Giant Garden of Oz by Shanower, Emerald City, 1993
• The Wicked Witch of Oz by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Int'l Wizard of Oz Club, 1993
• Invisible Inzi of Oz by Robert and Virginia Wauchope, Buckethead Enterprises, 1993
• The Third Book of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Armstrong State College, 1986
• Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker, Books of Wonder, 1997
• The Runaway in Oz by John R. Neill, Books of Wonder, 1995
• Paradox in Oz by Edward Einhorn, Hungry Tiger Press, 1999

For a more extensive list of work by the artist, please refer to the checklist here.