Publication history
One of the first American mainstream independent comic books, ''Star*Reach'' bridged the gap between the countercultural underground comics and traditional Marvel/ DC Comics fare, providing mature genre stories for an adult audience. The fan press of the time referred to this and the comics magazine '' Heavy Metal'' as "ground-level publications". Along with such other examples as Flo Steinberg's '' Big Apple Comix'', published in 1975, and Harvey Pekar's naturalistic Everyman series '' American Splendor'', first published in 1976, ''Star*Reach'' was a forerunner of the late-1970s rise of the modern graphic novel, and of the 1980s' independent comics. Eighteen issues were released between 1974 and 1979. Contributors included such Marvel and DC writers and artists as Howard Chaykin, Jim Starlin, and Barry Windsor-Smith. It also included prose short stories by such authors as Roger Zelazny, who wrote the 13-page "The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth", with illustrations by Gray Morrow, in issue #12 (March 1978). Friedrich's company grew into a small publishing house inReferences
Sources
* Richard Arndt, Mike Friedrich, ''The Star Reach Companion'', TwoMorrows Publishing, 2013.External links