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Jack Benny and Friends From Life
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From the LIFE archives, here's Jack Benny and a few close personal friends.
I recognize Van Johnson and Paul Douglas along with Dennis Day, Mel Blanc,
Mar...
Music: Spiderman (60s TV)
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Here are two cool audio treats
the unofficial soundtrack to spiderman (60s tv) vol1&2
download
also
the amazing spiderband
music from the 60s tv show
tha...
365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 324
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[image: Thing: Freakshow #1]
Panel from *The Thing: Freakshow* #1 (August 2002), script by Geoff Johns,
pencils by Scott Kolins, inks by Andy Lanning, colo...
Ivanlandia Goes to the Movies
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Going crazy apartment hunting
Got a *baaaaaaaaad* hangover
and
the pen in my shirt pocket has leaked/nice black stain on my fave green
shirt:
*Shit-shit-s...
THOR he's a jolly good fellow.
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Once upon a time, when rumours abounded that the next guy to play The Doctor
would be a black actor, I tipped *Idris Elba*. An Englishman making a big
impr...
Far Flung Hall Syndicate
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This has my vote for "Most Self-Effacing Self-Portrait Caricature" ever. And
the other portrait caricatures of cartoonists are really swell. I had no
idea ...
Danseuse Orientale
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Umberto Brunelleschi. Wonderful name. Full of wonder illustrator, of which a
Paris critic wrote: 'His art has nothing realistic about it. He would not
know...
Big Town #8 - non-attributed Alex Toth cover
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Big Town #8, 1951 - This comic book series complemented the CBS television show of the same name, and even advertises the fact on the inside front cover. Sta...
The Problem with Secret Warriors
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Secret Warriors wants to be a good book. Marvel wants it to be one of those
books which, like the Bendis-penned Avengers titles, really 'matters' in the
sh...
Sam-The Haircut
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Here, from MEET ANGEL # 7 (which was actually a continuatation of ANGEL AND
THE APE) is Sam Simeon (The Ape) in a one page throwaway gag that seemed
appro...
Fantastic Four Fridays: Von Doom
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What do Dr Doom and the Green Goblin have in common? Answer at the end of
the post.
As the story begins, Johnny is acting like a normal teenager:
As you...
Obscurity of the Day: The Excuse Club
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We just visited with Harry "I like big heads and I cannot lie" Lewis last
week and here he is again. The Excuse Club was his very first foray into
comic ...
Oh Power GIrl
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You so crazy. (I can't believe I had just one more of those in me). I wonder
how anyone takes Power Girl seriously as a superhero or even the literary
c...
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Don't Let Noir Change You!
I have to limit my intake of Film Noir. Maybe it’s weakness of character
that makes me particularly susceptible to its da...
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Going Rogue
Thursday Story Strip Day.
WE all 'know' George Wunder's Terry and the Pirates was no where near as
good as Milton Caniff's original version. B...
Cool New Stuff...
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These came into my posession today...
I did a trade with a small used furniture store around the corner from me...
my nice-looking but chintzy made-in-c...
John Carter: Warlord of Mars
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In anticipation of Disney's John Cater movies, I decided to re-read some of
the books, and decided to begin at, well, the beginning. The first three
books,...
It’s Funny Panel Friday!
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There’s no excuse for this. It’s not even the Golden Age. Posted in It's
Funny Panel Friday Tagged: Batman, It's Funny Panel Friday
The second coolest wedding of the 21st Century!
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A Celebration in Photos and Text. (Click on any pic to enlarge it.)Above: Newlyweirds Bill and Ariann.The COOLEST wedding of the 21st century was mine, of co...
WIP Wednesday, Day Late, Dollar Short Edition
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Not much to tell this week. I've officially cleaned out my 'In-Progress'
folder full of short stories after putting the finishing touches on "Lo, The
Savag...
Awesome Stretchy Guy Party
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Wednesday has been taking on a new tone in the last few years. I've been
adding titles to my hold file for my 8-year old son, so now New Comic Day is
a...
Der Grosse Mordillo
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Cartoons from DER GROSSE MORDILLO. Scans are by Dave Miller, who also
provided scans for color Mordillo cartoons here.
Thanks, Dave!
DER GROSSE MORDILLO ...
Sometimes, I Wish...
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...that we had seen more adventures of Marvel's Dracula in space in the Star
Trek universe. Because what's more entertaining than reading about Tomb of
Dra...
The NEW Page November 18, 2009
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Here's the deal...New pages are posted as they are ready and they will be
right on top for the blog. On the front page. If you are just getting
started, ...
Blackhawk Wingsdays 11: Nip/Tuck
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When last we left the Blackhawks, the team had rescued the famous plastic
surgeon, Doctor Von Rath, from a Nazi concentration camp so he could fix the
horr...
This Is My Kind Of History
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Yeah, I didn't buy any comics today. I'm sure they came in, but I think I
only had one comic, and I actually can't remember if I ordered a copy, and
if I d...
NOTHING IS EVER WASTED
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I am, and always have been, something of a hoarder, particularly when it
comes to stories. I have notebooks and folders and flash drives filled with
vague...
Rats Die By Gas! / Scoop Daily
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Continuing our theme of *"Crime Horror"* this week, but with not so much the
typical style horror you usually find at *THOIA...* just some weird, almost
su...
The Style Behind the Cover: Abril Lamarque
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If a newsstand was a speakeasy and magazines drinks, *Film Fun* would be the
publishing equivalent of soda water. Pop the cork and you're blasted with an
...
Dagar the Invincible!
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Inspired by this post (which wins my "most insane comic cover I've seen in
the last couple of weeks" award), I became curious about Dagar the
Invincible. I...
THE SPRINGTIME OF BOB PEAK
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Bob Peak started out in the 1950s as just one of many young, capable
illustrators.
But in the 1960s, Peak caught fire and began turning out radically dif...
A World-Wide Weirdies from Idea to Creation..
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Hello Peter,
I have just been reading and looking at the scans on your blog for Ken Reids
World Wide Weirdies. I was a big fan of these as a kid and h...
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #98
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*Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #98* (On Sale: November 13, 1969) has a
cover by *Curt Swan *and *Murphy Anderson.
*
We begin with *"I Betrayed Superman"*...
The Eyewriter
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"The folks at Graffiti Research Lab, openFrameworks, The Fat Lab and The
Ebeling Group have teamed up to create The EyeWriter, a "low-cost
eye-tracking app...
Mongoose Publishing - The Mega City Archives
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Early next year sees the release of Mongoose Publishing's Mega City
Archives. These fact-filled books will lift the lid on all aspects of Mega
City life fr...
Hanging On The Telephone
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I know exactly how Ray Palmer feels right now. Regular BOABers may've
noticed the lack of posts lately. This is because I've spent the last week
or so try...
Reprint This! Update on Showcase Presents
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By now, I think everybody knows about DC's line of big, black-and-white
reprints, *Showcase Presents*. By taking a warts-and-all approach to
archiving the ...
Evaluating Admiration and Role Model
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I have been thinking about my heroes in the world of cartoons and animation.
I've been reading up on a lot of these people for quite some time. I'm quite
s...
LIFE AT SEA
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Hello fellow sea monkeys. Just posting the latest installment. I think
this page is far from perfect, but there are certain elements that give me
the war...
Collectors as Minimalists
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Geoff Wilmetts makes a good case for the digital age hurting collectors in
the latest SF Crowsnest. I understand the lure of old pulp pages and toys,
etc...
Happy Halloween
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*Things that go bump in the night... *
Flesh-eating zombies, blood-sucking vampires, chainsaw-wielding cannibals
and psycho killers. These are the stuf...
Superboy TV show
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(Click on images to enlarge.)
Above, a full-page ad for "Superboy" in a cable-TV trade magazine.
In 1988, the "Superboy" series premiered, to my enthusiast...
R.I.P. George Tuska
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I recently saw this sad news via Bob Layton's Facebook post. Iron Man
artistic legend *George Tuska* has passed away. To say I loved George's Iron
Man wo...
Fantasy Express
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Way back in the day, Lew Stringer produced some really cool fanzines. Here
are a couple of covers from that time. Check out the Joe Colquhoun interview
her...
Pulp Hero is now...THE LAST BURLY MEN ON EARTH!
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Lost my footing on this blog, but hope to have more luck and more durability
over here
http://earthboundburlyman.blogspot.com/
Join me and the rest of...
Hiatus but...
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QuasarDragon will be going on hiatus for an indeterminate amount of time. However, I will still be sending links to SF Signal so please check them out for f...
Cover Me: Frank Miller Goes Indie
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Just a quickie this week (new job, time consuming, etc., etc., etc.), but it
doesn't take long to give ya a snapshot of Frank Miller's independent cover
ar...
More Legion Lore: Teenagers From the Future!
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Hi, guys and dolls...hope you're all sipping pina coladas and enjoying the
beautiful summer so far. And let's imagine for the rest of said summer, you
ca...
Marvel owns Marvelman
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Hey guys
Maybe I'm late here but just getting news that Marvel have bought Marvelman
from Mick Anglo and that they're lining up Gaiman and Buckingham to fi...
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