Moonstone Books is a comic book publisher based in Chicago. The company began publishing creator-owned comics in 1995, and since 2001 has also published comic books based on a number of licensed properties, including Buckaroo Banzai, Bulldog Drummond, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Mr. Moto, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, The Phantom (their most successful title), and several titles based in White Wolf's World of Darkness. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 606. ... Creator ownership is an arrangement in which the creator or creators of a work of fiction retain full ownership of the material, regardless of whether it is self-published or by a corporate publisher. ... Buckaroo Banzai Buckaroo Banzai is the lead character, played by Peter Weller, of the eponymous 1984 cult film, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. ... Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by Sapper, a pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. ... Darren McGavin as Kolchak in The Night Stalker (1972) Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC in 1974, about a newpaper reporter -- Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin -- who investigates crimes with mysterious and unlikely causes that the proper authorities wont accept. ... Mr. ... Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a freelance insurance investigator that aired from February, 1949 to September 30, 1962 on CBS. There were 811 episodes in the 12 year run and over 720 still exist today. ... The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. ... The logo of White Wolf Publishing, one of White Wolf, Inc. ... The World of Darkness is the name given to two distinct fictional universes developed by White Wolf Game Studio. ...

As mentioned above, Moonstone's best selling title is The Phantom, based on Lee Falk's famous comic strip character. Moonstone is doing a lot to raise public awareness of the character, and have announced a large array of special Phantom projects to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of "The Ghost Who Walks". In late 2005, Mike Bullock (of "Lions, Tigers and Bears" fame) signed on to become the writer of the on-going Phantom comic book series. The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. ... Lee Falk, ca late 1930s. ... // Mike Bullock (musician, comic book writer) Mike Bullock is an award-winning writer of poetry and creative fiction, a published lyricist and an accomplished non-fiction writer. ... Lions, Tigers and Bears (comic book from Image Comics) Created by Mike Bullockand Jack Lawrence, Lions, Tigers and Bears is an award winning, critically acclaimed comic book series from Image Comics. ...

Moonstone's "Kolchak" run have been a commercial success for the company. The scripts for the stories are often based on unfilmed scripts for the old TV-show Kolchak The Night Stalker. Darren McGavin as Kolchak in The Night Stalker (1972) Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC in 1974, about a newpaper reporter -- Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin -- who investigates crimes with mysterious and unlikely causes that the proper authorities wont accept. ...

Moonstone's editor-in-chief is Joe Gentile, who frequently writes his own stories for their comics. Frequent writers and artists for their books are Mike Bullock, Chuck Dixon, Ben Raab, Rafael Nieves, Peter David, EricJ, Tom Mandrake, Vatche Mavlian, Doug Klauba, Mike W. Barr, Tom DeFalco, Max Allan Collins, and Ron Goulart. // Mike Bullock (musician, comic book writer) Mike Bullock is an award-winning writer of poetry and creative fiction, a published lyricist and an accomplished non-fiction writer. ... Chuck Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s. ... Ben Raab is a comic book writer, and has written stories for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Malibu Comics, Harris Publications, and new comic publisher Ludovico Technique. ... Peter David Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. ... Mike W. Barr, also referred to as Mike Barr, is a notable writer of comic books, mystery novels, and science fiction. ... Tom DeFalco (June 26, 1950 - ) is one of the most prolific and well-known writers and editors in comic publishing today. ... Max Allan Collins is a prolific American mystery writer who has been called mysterys Renaissance man. He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie adaptations and historical fiction. ... Ron Goulart (born 1933) is an American pop-culture historian and mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author. ...

Moonstone have recently invented an all new comic book format, called "Wide-Vision", which aims to look like widescreen films. The format will make its premiere in June 2006 with a 72-page The Phantom story called "Law of the Jungle". The inner box (green) is the format used in pre-1952 movies and pre-HDTV television. ...

External links

• official site
• An article on "The Phantom" written by editor-in-chief Joe Gentile.
• An interview with the entire creative team behind "The Phantom"