Flinch was a Vertigo Comics horror anthology .
It ran 16 issues from June 1999 until January 2001 and featured the talents of Jim Lee , Bill Willingham and Frank Quitely and many others. Rumors of being made to appear in the book throughout its printing. [1]
Tim 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 # 11 won a Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for “Red Romance” by Joe R. Lansdale. [3]
Issue guide
| # | Dated | Cover Artist | Story | Story Writer | Story Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1999 | Phil Hale | Rocket Man | Richard Bruning | Jim Lee |
| Nice Neighborhood | Jen Van Meter | Frank Quitely | |||
| Wolf Girl Eats | Bruce Jones | Richard Corben | |||
| 2 | July 1999 | Richard Corben | Maggie and her Microscope | Dean Motter | Bill Sienkiewicz |
| Found Object | Bob Fingerman | Pat McEown | |||
| Food Chain | Brian Azzarello | Eduardo Risso | |||
| 3 | August 1999 | Night Terrors | John Rozum | Kelley Jones | |
| Walk in the Park | Scott Cunningham | Marcelo Frusin | |||
| Satanic | Garth Ennis | Kieron Dwyer | |||
| 4 | September 1999 | A Gift of Friendship | Kent Williams | Kent Williams | |
| Fair Trade | Ty Templeton | Ty Templeton | |||
| Playing Dead | Bruce Jones | Paul Gulacy | |||
| 5 | October 1999 | betrothed | Joe R. Lansdale | Rick Burchett | |
| Peeping Bob | Colin Raff | James Romberger | |||
| fumes | Mark Wheatley | Marc Hempel | |||
| 6 | November 1999 | Dead Woman Walking | William Messner-Loebs | Duncan Fegredo | |
| El Ogro | Ivan Velez, Jr. | Ho Che Anderson | |||
| The Day Wife | Phillip Hester | Ande Parks | |||
| 7 | December 1999 | Parade | Devin Grayson | Phil Jimenez | |
| The Toy | Jim Woodring | Randy DuBurke | |||
| It Takes A Village | Bill Willingham | Bill Willingham | |||
| 8 | January 2000 | Guts | Greg Rucka | James Romberger | |
| You’ve Got Mail | Robert Rodi | Marcelo Frusin | |||
| The Lotus Shoes | John Kuramoto | John J. Muth | |||
| 9 | February 2000 | Mostly White | Bruce Jones | Dave Taylor | |
| The Harvester | Thom Metzger | Sean Phillips | |||
| sitter | Steven T. Seagle | John Estes | |||
| 10 | March 2000 | Last Call | Brian Azzarello | Danijel Zezelj | |
| In the Pink | Ken Rothstein | Frank Teran | |||
| The Mule | Tony Bedard | David Lloyd | |||
| 11 | April 2000 | Red Romance | Joe Lansdale | Bruce Timm | |
| 12 | May 2000 | Watching You | Bruce Jones | Frank Quitely | |
| 13 | July 2000 | Brer Hoodoo | Joe R. Lansdale | Tim Truman | |
| The Story of a Nut Gone Bad … | Roger Langridge | Roger Langridge | |||
| The Shaft | Brian Azzarello | Javier Pulido | |||
| 14 | September 2000 | Michael Wm. Kaluta | Resolve | Bruce Jones | Berni Wrightson |
| Grave Wisdom | Ted McKeever | Ted McKeever | |||
| If Wishes Had Wings | Darko Macan | Tim Levins | |||
| 15 | November 2000 | Dean Ormston | A Night To Forget | Paul Jenkins | The Pander Bros |
| Watchful | Lucius Shepard | Chris Weston | |||
| The Future’s so Bright | Will Pfeifer | Robert Valley | |||
| 16 | January 2001 | Richard Corben | The Wedding Breakfast | Mike Carey | Craig Hamilton |
| a temporary life. | Charlie Boatner | Philip Bond | |||
| DESCENT | Guy Gonzalez | Danijel Zezelj |
Awards
Issue # 11 also received a nomination for a 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for best cover artist (Phil Hale).
Notes
- Jump up^ Rich’s Ramblings ’99
- Jump up^ Tim Truman Interview,Comic Book Resources, April 15, 2002
- Jump up^ Miscellaneous Awards
References
- Flinch at the DB Comic Book