5 Quick Questions with Chuck Dixon

Charles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.

His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline for Comico Comics in 1984. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.

In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing stories in their Tales of Terror anthology, before starting work on Airboy with artist Tim Truman in July of that year. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy, in October 1987 he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.

He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin, Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl, as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey.

Currently it has been announced that he will take over the writing on Dynamite Entertainment's series The Man with No Name based on the well-known western character. He is also signed on to do a G.I. Joe series for IDW Publishing.



He agreed to answer 5 Quick Questioins:

1) What would you say is your greatest achievement in comics?

Still being gainfully employed after all this time. Freelancing in comics is tough beat.

2) Who was your favorite writer or artist that you worked with & why?

I've worked with LOTS of talent. To pick one is near impossible.

3) What character you have never worked .., would you like to do & why?

The Fantastic Four. After all this time the series is still challenging. There's so many directions you can go with it.

4) Who are your influences?

Larry Hama. Archie Goodwin. Donald E.Westlake. Howard Hawks.Preston Sturges. Steve Ditko.

5) What hero or villain would you like to change if you could and why?

I'd like to reconcile Moon Knight's being a Jew with the the powers of an Egyptian warrior. I proposed it back when I was on the book but couldn't get any traction from my editor.

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Brian Isaacs
Story Editor