{"id":38369,"date":"2025-02-18T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38369"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:43:13","slug":"marshall-rogers-brightest-days-darkest-knights-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38369","title":{"rendered":"MARSHALL ROGERS: BRIGHTEST DAYS &amp; DARKEST KNIGHTS is Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4hGHLvh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z021825marshallrogers_bio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"647\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marshall Rogers burst on the scene and became a fan favorite with his art for <em>Batman<\/em> and <em>Mr. Miracle<\/em>.\u00a0 He branched out doing more independent comics such as <em>Demon with a Glass Hand<\/em> (with Harlan Ellison), <em>Detectives, Inc.<\/em> (with Don McGregor) and <em>Coyote<\/em> (with Steve Englehart) to name a few.\u00a0 Although Marshall Rogers left us prematurely, the impact of his art lives on.<\/p>\n<p>A Marshall Rogers biography is coming.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the lowdown&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From underdog to icon, <strong>Marshall Rogers<\/strong> helped redefine <em>Batman<\/em> for generations, inspiring readers and up-and-coming artists alike. Initially savaged by editors at DC Comics, his style was uniquely complex with vast and angular architectural design anchoring his storytelling, and it immediately caught on with fans for his depictions of the <em>Darknight Detective, Hugo Strange, The Joker, Silver St. Cloud, Dr. Strange, Cap\u2019n Quick and a Foozle,<\/em> and more. And though his output was relatively small in comparison to many of his contemporaries, his impact outlived the artist himself, and inspired a loyal following and affection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, <strong>Rogers\u2019<\/strong> story is told by friends, collaborators, and family members, delving deep into a complicated and conflicted man and his art, as we feature inker <strong>Terry Austin<\/strong>, friend and fellow artist <strong>Michael Netzer, Dan Greenfield\u2019s<\/strong> extensive interview with writer <strong>Steve Englehart<\/strong> (conducted for 13thDimension.com), and others recounting their time and camaraderie with <strong>Rogers<\/strong>, alongside an in-depth interview with<strong> Marshall<\/strong> himself, and a wealth of art both familiar and rarely seen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Written by <strong>Jeff Messer<\/strong> and<strong> Dewey Cassell<\/strong> (authors of the <em>Eisner Award<\/em>-nominated <strong>Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without An Eraser<\/strong>), this book shines a light on the fan-favorite artist\u2019s brightest moments and darkest days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Featuring a new cover collaboration by <strong>Marshall Rogers<\/strong> and <strong>Terry Austin<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4hGHLvh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MARSHALL ROGERS: BRIGHTEST DAYS &amp; DARKEST KNIGHTS<\/a> drops on July 8th.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall Rogers burst on the scene and became a fan favorite with his art for Batman and Mr. Miracle.\u00a0 He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38370,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38369\/revisions\/38370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}