Flinch (comics) explained

Flinch
Schedule:Monthly/Bi-monthly
Format:Standard
Publisher:Vertigo Comics
Date:June 1999 – January 2001
Issues:16
Genre:Horror

Flinch is a Vertigo Comics horror anthology.

It ran 16 issues from June 1999 until January 2001 and featured the talents of Jim Lee, Bill Willingham, Frank Quitely, Joe R. Lansdale, and many others. Rumours of cancellation seemed to plague the book throughout its run.[1]

Timothy Truman said of the series: "...the best art I've done in any single comics story is on the "Brer Hoodoo" short story I did with Joe for Vertigo's Flinch anthology".[2]

Issue guide

Date Cover artist Story Story writer Story artist
1 June 1999Phil HaleRocket-ManJim Lee
Nice Neighborhood Frank Quitely
Wolf Girl Eats Richard Corben
2 July 1999 Maggie and her Microscope
Pat McEown
Food Chain Eduardo Risso
3 August 1999 Night Terrors Kelley Jones
A Walk in the Park Marcelo Frusin
Satanic Kieron Dwyer
4 September 1999 A Gift of Friendship Kent Williams Kent Williams
Fair Trade Ty Templeton
Playing Dead Paul Gulacy
5 October 1999BetrothedRick Burchett
Peeping Bob Colin Raff James Romberger
Fumes Marc Hempel
6 November 1999Dead Woman Walking Duncan Fegredo
El Ogro Ho Che Anderson
The Day Wife Ande Parks
7 December 1999Parade Phil Jimenez
The Toy Randy DuBurke
It Takes A Village Bill Willingham
8 January 2000Guts
You've Got Hate Mail Marcelo Frusin
The Lotus Shoes John Kuramoto John J. Muth
9 February 2000Mostly White Bruce Jones Dave Taylor
The Harvester Thom Metzger Sean Phillips
Sitter John Estes
10 March 2000Last Call Danijel Zezelj
In the Pink Ken Rothstein Frank Teran
The Mule David Lloyd
11 April 2000Red Romance Bruce Timm
Emergent Cliff Chiang
Prepacked Dave Taylor
12 May 2000Mitch O'Connell Watching You Bruce Jones Frank Quitely
Tin God Ryan Sook
Mondays Essad Ribic
13 July 2000Brer Hoodoo Tim Truman
The Story of a Nut Gone Bad... Roger Langridge
The Shaft Brian Azzarello Javier Pulido
14 September 2000Resolve Bruce Jones Berni Wrightson
Grave Wisdom Ted McKeever
If Wishes Had Wings Tim Levins
15 November 2000A Night To Forget The Pander Bros
Watchful Chris Weston
The Future's so Bright Robert Valley
16 January 2001The Wedding Breakfast Craig Hamilton
a temporary life. Charlie Boatner Philip Bond
DESCENT Guy Gonzalez Danijel Zezelj

Awards

Issue #11 won a Horror Writers' Association Bram Stoker Award for "Red Romance" by Joe R. Lansdale.[3] Issue #11 also received a nomination for a 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry award for best cover artist (Phil Hale).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.twistandshoutcomics.com/features/columns/ramblings199907.html Rich's Ramblings '99
  2. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1046 Tim Truman Interview
  3. Web site: Miscellaneous Awards . 2007-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220140427/http://users.rcn.com/aardy/comics/awards/other.html . 2007-02-20 . dead.