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Wow! No Mistaking There Was a War On When You Read *This *Ad Copy
Reliving A 1942 Double-Feature
SECRET AGENT OF JAPAN (1942) --- Shanghai saloon owner Pres...
Government Comics!
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Another double-dose for you guys this time around!
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Magnus Fights Again!
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Here's a neat thing that's coming our way this fall, the second trade paper
reprinting of Russ Manning's *Magnus Robot Fighter*. These 60's gems from
Gol...
TIM VINE - SO I SAID TO THIS BLOKE...
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[image: Tim Vine - So I Said To This Bloke Cover]*A man walked into a pub
and asked the barman 'What? Is this supposed to be a joke?'. In turn, the
barman ...
The Top 200 Fighting Game Endings: Part Seven
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80) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – SEBASTIAN 2012 Tekken Tag 2 has a roster of
nearly every Tekken character ever and when it came time for downloadable
content...
Link roundup
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1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually in Assyria, Babylon's
great rival as the superpower of ancient Mesopotamia. Via.
2. Necropolis by Jake ...
Giant History of Cracked, part 1
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This issue of *Giant Cracked* from 1986 featured what they thought to be
the best of *Cracked* up to that time, or mostly their inventory of
articles about...
Jack Cole's Deadly Horror
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Ever since I first discovered his work, PLASTIC MAN creator jack Cole has
been one of my all-time favorite cartoonists. When Craig Yo told me he was
doi...
Today's Secret Code
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*A straight snake is never as fast as his twisty brother. Again: A
straight snake is never as fast as his twisty brother. Today's Colour is
mamba green....
Date Ideas - Learn Karate and Fight Racism
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What's not to love about this romance comic book text featurette describing
fun and inexpensive things to do with your sweetheart? Not only age
appropria...
The Last Outlaws - Thom Hatch
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For all that I do love (some) Westerns, I haven't read much about them. The
reality is often not so gripping and neatly resolved as the fiction. But my
dad...
Rango in "The Pride of the Rangers" (Dell; 1967)
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“Rango” was a Western sit-com starring comedian Tim Conway which was
originally broadcast on ABC in 1967. Conway played an inept Texas
Ranger who had been ...
IMPERI
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Quick sketch I did this morning based on a vintage photograph.
I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit,
too. I'm not g...
Greatest Horror of Them All! / The Fanged Freak
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This was the very first remake / redraw I ever posted at *THOIA*, and as we
tend to do occasionally around here, we drag these old posts out from the
vault...
The Man Called Flintstone
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I was a huge fan of THE FLINTSTONES as a kid but somehow it never occurred
to my parents to take me to see this feature film version that premiered in
'6...
WARRING WITH TROLLS, part 4
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*"To live is to war with trolls." --Ibsen*
Talented illustrator Austin Briggs painted a NY Giants baseball game for
the April 22, 1950 cover of the Satur...
Nightwing and Daredevil
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Batman and Daredevil have actually crossed paths, and it was definitely
cool... but this is a pairing that might actually work even better. While
Darede...
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*Pick A Gag, Any Gag*
Monday Cartoon Day.
I have been doing so many my own scans of Tall Tales, that I was left with
these. So if you have to see them in ...
Silver Warriors by Frank Frazetta
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The print, paperback, and bookmark. The bookmark is several inches taller
than paperbacks, so it is used in my complete works of Shakespeare. If
Fr...
SUPERMAN LOSES HIS HEAD...
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*W*hen I was a lad, because of the sometimes sporadic nature of
U.S. comic distribution in Britain, I would often visit newsagents in
different and far-f...
Watch that man
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Came across two Aladdin Sane riffs on Behance earlier, one by mash-up
maestro Butcher Billy, the other by illustrator Astor Alexander. What's the
chance...
Monster Monday: Swamp Thing by Berni Wrightson
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Not one but two Swamp Thing commissions by the master, Berni Wrightson!
[image: Swamp Thing headshot by Berni Wrightson]
A great head shot with fine detai...
Travis Bickle on the Riviera #34
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Over at the Factual Opinion, Tucker Stone and I have a new episode of
Travis Bickle on the Riviera for you lovely people. This week, we spend the
entire ti...
Your favourite childhood TV memories.
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Skagman - Avebury. By John Nuttall from Hampshire, United Kingdom
(AveburyUploaded by ComputerHotline)
[CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons*A* wise man once sa...
Where's the Fire Brigade?
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Wow, hey look kids! A Walt Kelly panorama with Brownies, which I like to
imagine to be in the same whirled as Peter Wheat!
From Four Color Comics #192 — Th...
New ROM logo header concept
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So look what I just found. I've been mostly leaving links to newly
discovered Rom related fan art on my postings but I thought this one would
be a good po...
"The Desk" lives on!!!
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For those that have followed this blog for any length of time you're
probably aware of my love of a particularly stylish and awesome Art Deco
desk that has...
Leigh Gallagher - Red, Dead Redemption
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*Dead Savage*
If you have any braaaaaiiins you'll shuffle immediately to Leigh
Gallagher's fan-sodding-tastic blog to see how he put together the striking...
From the Pages of Giggle Comics - 1949
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Today let’s enjoy a couple of stalwarts from the golden age of kids’
comics, *Dan Gordon* and *Ken Hultgren*. These two were oft contributors
to the pages ...
Batman #21: Zero Year review
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One of the biggest problems with DC's New 52 revamp is the insistence that
pretty much all our heroes' exploits fit into a five-year period. When it's
a c...
The first Sparky People by Jim Petrie
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See the first Sparky People by Jim Petrie..from of course Sparky comic..
follow link to see it..
http://comics.brucelaing.id.au/sparkypeople01/#comment-375
Robert E. Howard: An Under-Appreciated Writer
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On June 11, 1936, Robert E. Howard died at his own hand. While those who
know his writings mourn for what the world lost when he pulled that
trigger, he di...
Fear Not...
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Normal transmission will be resuming soon. So remember don't fly straight
for too long. Keep an eye out and beware the Hun in the sun. Keep a stiff
upper l...
Bleeding Between The Lines 11
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Gorilla Daze
It’s true. For the last eight months or so, I’ve been hunkered down working
on the huge A Distant S...
ShirtPunch! ~ Stan the Master
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Hey True Believers! I bought this nifty t-shirt from ShirtPunch! on May 17
and got it in the mail this past Friday. They are located in Canada, so the
wait...
The Hammer Man - Victor 5th January 1974
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This popular strip from Victor usually featured the medieval antics of
Baron Chell Puddock and his side kick Sir Jack Jinks. But this complete
tale from th...
Going on Hiatus
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SHADES OF GRAY will be going on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Thanks
for everyone's support over these past few years. The site will remain up
and co...
Going on Hiatus
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HOORAY FOR WALLY WOOD will be going on hiatus for the foreseeable future.
Thanks for everyone's support over these past few years. The site will
remain u...
The Movies of My Life
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One of the most popular features of my Journal blogs seems to have been my
growing love of movies old and new. Check out THE BOOKSTEVE BIJOU for more
...
Dynamite Cover Tuesday!
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I always loved this cover from Marvel Tales #128, it was made into a pin-up
at the back of a Marvel UK Spider-Man annual, 1978 or 1979 I think. Filed
under...
Oom Pah Pah! Today is Tuba Day
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I've been dying to post this cover for Tuba day but missed my cue two years
in a row. No way was I going to let that happen again. You just got
to lo...
Next: The World's Finest Blog
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With the new IMac coming quickly up to speed thanks to so many of you, and
DAYS OF ADVENTURE at an end this past week, it's time for another new blog!
I...
Artwork.
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I've been dabbling with computer generated artwork for a while now, and
decided to go into it with a bit more depth. Here are a few efforts:
Blue Batman?
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Some fans believe the colors of Batman's costume in the TV series are
incorrectly interpreted, believing that Batman wasn't blue in the comics,
but black...
185: The Fantastic Four #31
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The Fantastic Four #31 July 9, 1964
- Hey, guys - the Mole Man's back! What, no great cheer? That's
understandable: After all, it's the *Mole...
Sam's New Blog
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I friend of mine is just emerging from trouble and needs to understand what
has happened to her. She has begun to write about her experiences, which
sadly ...
I’m back…maybe
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Just a very brief update; due to the site being hacked, I had to delete
wordpress and reinstall my posts, resulting in me somehow breaking what
looks like ...
Moving House (So to Speak)
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So, this is a thing: http://joshuamreynolds.wordpress.com/ That thing
being my new, slick, professional looking 'proper author's blog'. I've been
blogging...
Journey into Mystery # 122
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Issue: Journey into Mystery # 122
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Publication Date: November 1965
Brief Summary:
Journey into Mystery # 122
Commenta...
Four Color Promises slowing down...
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I have posted over 200 comic book adverts from my personal collection over
this past year and a half. I'm pretty much done. I will post ads as I find
them ...
This is it, my friends
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As you may have guessed, I really haven't been all that active on this
blog. There are numerous reason, but suffice to say, I'm in a new place in
my life,...
Last year's Christmas
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Above: Jane asks Zombie Santa about returning a severed head, while watching out
for the grabby hands of Hermie the Horny Undead Elf.
I have a few last...
Put Me Back In My Tomb
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I have retired MCB but just wanted to let ya'll know I've fired up a Musick
Blog and will be spending time over there from now on. Please check it
out, it...
Chiaki Kuriyama
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Chiaki Kuriyama Chiaki Kuriyama - b.1984, Tsuchiura, Japan. Began her
career as a standard model for Japanese picture books, before moving to
some fairly f...
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Well, THERE'S my new PC wallpaper! Thanx!
yup. already on mine.
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