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Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Naked, bloody, and screaming in pain – this is the Wolverine that faced readers in the story arc...
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Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Naked, bloody, and screaming in pain – this is the Wolverine that faced readers in the story arc...
A GIL KANE STORY. In 1984, First Comics threw a party at a Mexican restaurant in Chicago, to celebrate its first anniversary, during the...
These three anecdotes first saw the light on Facebook. I post them here to buy me some time as I continue my mission of...
One of the sadder aspects of the relentless ascendance of digital life, of the replacement of flesh and blood society with social media, is...
A confession, first and foremost…I never met or knew John Severin. His sister, Marie, however, barely knew me but disliked me intensely. Why, you...
My pal Cully Hamner suggested a few weeks back I start a series of posts about artists I love. This is the introduction I...
For a generation of comic-book readers, Jim Aparo is considered the greatest Batman artist of them all. Aparo with his strong, dynamic style, well-grounded...
Written by Pierre Comtois Published by TwoMorrows I already knew a lot of the info one can find in the TwoMorrows offering, Marvel...
Written by Stan Lee Art by John Severin, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, Bill Everett, Marie Severin Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo...
Written by by James McFadden Published by BearManor Media Yo, Joe! If ever there were a niche for this book, I am...
Written by by Alan Cowsill Published by Insight Editions Some of you reading this may be aware that my all-time favorite comic book...
Written by Bob Levin Published by Fantagraphics Books Back in 1984, I was enjoying the eighties indie boom in comics. I had a...
Written by Peter Bosch Published by TwoMorrows A few years back, writer Peter Bosch wrote a book about television shows adapted into...
The nineteen seventies—or, as many of us who lived then thought of it, the much much later nineteen sixties, with better drugs, better night...
Written by Harold Schechter Co-Written and Illustrated by Eric Powell Published by Dark Horse Comics Back in 1975, when I was 16...
From underdog to icon, Marshall Rogers helped redefine Batman for generations, inspiring readers and up-and-coming artists alike. Initially savaged by editors at DC Comics,...
The Folio Society is proud to announce the release of Marvel: Fantastic Four, a bold new edition honouring the comic that started it all....
Introduction by Jay Lynch Edited by John Benson Art by Jack Davis, Will Elder, Norman Maurer, Carl Hubbell, William Overgard, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers,...
The Daydream Theatre and the Rhode Island Stage Ensemble are proud to announce the spring show Jerry and Joe: Birth of the Superhero. The...
Written by William Schoell Published by BearManor Media Comic book “Ages” are, of course, rather arbitrary and it’s often hard to find any...
Written by Mark Arnold and Mark Slade Introduction by Bob McLeod Published by BearManor Media Crazy: The Magazine That Dared to be Dumb...
Written by Chris Ryall Introduction by Roy Thomas Published by Marvel/Abrams Books I have exactly ONE of the seven Marvel calendars that...
Following Kal-El from his escape from the dying planet Krypton through his humble beginnings in Kansas to his work as a part-time journalist and...
By Joe Maneely, Hank Chapman, Mike Sekowsky Edited by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo Published by Fantagraphics In the Days of the Rockets...