SCOOBY AND SPIDEY

Got home to find advance copies of this massive tome sitting on my porch.

Scooby Apocalypse was my final project with my friend and frequent collaborator, the great Keith Giffen. When Keith first told me about it—the basic premise sprang from Jim Lee's fertile mind—my reply was, "Scooby what?!" But, as I've often said, I would have worked with Keith on anything—Millie the Model, Sgt. Fury, Stumbo the Giant, anything—and so I signed on, little realizing that this weird, unexpected series would evolve into three years of pure creative fun. (The splendid art was provided Howard Porter, Pat Oliffe, Dale Eaglsham, Ron Wagner, and quite a few others—and I thank them all.)

Delighted the entire run—which actually comes to a definite conclusion, a rarity in comics—has been collected. And deeply sad that Keith's not here to see it.

But wait, there's more!  This just arrived—after years and years of waiting—and I couldn't be happier.

 This Spectacular Spider-Man run remains one of my all-time favorite gigs and collaborating with Sal Buscema, one of the absolute Marvel greats and as masterful a storyteller as the medium has ever seen, was a joy in every way. I'm extremely proud of these stories, which dig deep into the psyches of Peter Parker and his cast, and grateful they've finally been collected.

I'm in omnibus ecstasy!