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RIP, Davy Jones
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[image: monkeescards12a]We interrupt the hiatus to report the sad news that
Davy Jones of The Monkees has died at the age of 66 of an apparent heart
attack...
The Shade #5 review
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Anyone for a drop of La Sangre? Barcelona's vampire heroine, previously seenin Shade writer James Robinson's underrated Superman run, steals the show
in th...
The Force Is Strong With Me!
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This past weekend, the wife and I went to see the new Ghost Rider movie.
Here's my review: it's not a great movie, but I thought it was kinda fun.
Great re...
Zip-Jet-Al Plastino-1953
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Apparently this guy was retooled from Rocketman to be Zip-Jet, "Supersonic
Enemy of Evil."Bet those costumes were hard to keep clean. GCD says this is
Al...
Bonus Pin-Up Thursday!
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From 2000AD Prog 118 it’s Mega-City One’s greatest lawman by Brian bolland.
Big version over here. And from 2000AD Prog 692, it’s Strontium Dog by art
droi...
Assorted gear.
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Here's some stuff some of my Usual Suspects tweeted these last couple of
days: *WJC* draws Dracula for The Mooks' *Draw Hammer* meme (honorable
mention: ...
Anchor Andrews - comic series checklist
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- - - - - - - - - - Anchor AndrewsSt. John1953-531 - Matt Baker art2-4- - -
- - - - - - - See today's posts, more series checklists or the master list
of s...
366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 59
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Panels from *The Batman Strikes* #28 (December 2007), script by Russell
Lissau, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Terry Beatty, colors by
Heroic Age,...
24-hour cupcake-dispensing ATM
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Sprinkles in Beverly Hills:
This automatic cupcake machine dispenses freshly baked cupcakes, cupcake
mixes, apparel and even cupcakes for Fido! In the h...
Selling Romance - Dusty and Skye Dolls from Kenner
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I don't know how things went for you, but February totally flew by for me
-- even with the extra day today! I didn't get a chance to post even half
of the ...
Adam Strange and The Silver Surfer
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This cover features two of my favorite artists. Jose Luis Garcia Lopez has
been my favorite Superman artist since I first saw him take on the
character...
Tales Of The Unexpected
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[image: Tales of the Unexpected #63 (DC, 1961) Bob Brown cover]
[image: Tales of the Unexpected #17 (DC, 1957) Ruben Moreira cover]
[image: Tales of the Un...
In Memorium: Davy Jones
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The Monkees #4 (Sept.1967; Dell)Tenuous comic book connection
notwithstanding, I had to post this. *What a bummer!* Singer *Davy Jones*of
*The Monkees* h...
Wednesday WIP are Coming! The Werewolves are Here!
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The post title is a reference to a terrible, terrible film. Seriously,
don't click that link. Or this one.
...
I did warn you.
Anyway, I'm 3000 words in (o...
Heavy Heart
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Friends, it's with a heavy heart that I must take a leave of absence from
blogging.
My deadlines are such that I've been painted into a corner and I just ...
Monster Howls (PART ONE)
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*THOIA* honors the great *John Severin* who passed away earlier this month
at the age of 90. An incredibly gifted, influencial artist who needs no
introduc...
FOX - JACK BAUER ON 24 DVD'S
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Hello - my name is Bauer - Jack Bauer. Now some people always think that I
am this intense because I am an action kind of a guy. THEIR WRONG! I am
this int...
CONAN - EIGHTEEN AND OUT...
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March 1st, 1975. That was the day that MARVEL UK released two new additions
to their regal roster of rampaging weekly publications. You've seen the
first...
Tales to Astonish # 70
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Issue: Tales to Astonish # 70
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Gene Colan and Jack Kirby
Publication Date: August 1965
Brief Summary:
http://marvel.wikia.com/Tal...
African American History: Cartoonist Fred Ellis
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We conclude our coverage of African American History Month, with a
collection of works by Fred Ellis, longtime cartoonist for The Daily
Worker, in which al...
Herriman Wednesday Special Announcement
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Dear Readers --
I moved our weekly Herriman post to today, since I was not about to let
such a lovely example of kismet go to waste. Oddly enough, our re...
What Was Cooler Than a Banana Seat?
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Doug: So it's 1972, maybe 1975, and you're old enough to pedal your own way
up to the local drug store. You park your totally awesome ride, which looks
lik...
Top of the Pops 1977. Steve gets down with the kids.
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[image: Steve Does Top of the Pops, logo]
*A*s I roam the streets of Sheffield, teaching the street kids the latest
Hip-Hop moves from Norway, they say to m...
Princesses of Mars:The Long-Lost Part Fifteen
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Strange things can happen when you travel bodilessly in time and space,
back and forth to Barsoom where the scantily clad Martian princesses dwell.
For exa...
Best Of The West!
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Here's a great example of some beautiful artwork getting appropriated,
altered and re-utilized in a similar but different fashion. Sam Savittpainted a dyn...
More Frazetta John Carter
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I know the paintings were already posted recently, but Betty Ballantine,s
Frazetta always had a unique coloration--and this last gives me a chance to
a...
Adventure Comics # 113, February, 1947
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A lovely holiday cover shows that this February-dated issue was actually
on-sale in December.
The SUPERBOY Christmas story below was previously poste...
British MAD II
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Harry North was one of the regulars for the American *Mad* for a long time,
recruited from this British edition. What I did not know until seeing this
that...
Red Circle Ad
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Seen at Daniel Best's blog, here's a fun and seemingly homemade early ad
for Archie's Red Circle horror line which highlighted Gray. This is from
the prog...
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The Yum-Yum Kid
Thursday Comic Strip Day.
To go with yesterday's Dave Gerard cartoons, here is an overview of his
strip Will-Yum, which started in the ear...
"The Skull Scavenger" & "Horror Island"
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Today we have two more moldering stories, both stinking of the grave, from *Terror
Tales* Vol. 3 No. 4, July 1971. Our first story, "The Skull Scavenger," ...
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Just a reminder about DREAMQUEST MAGAZINE: It's FREE!
Check it out right here:
Open publication - Free publishing - More bigfoot
I've been here and t...
Oops! Supergirl’s so clumsy..!
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Gorilla Daze
Superman #307, January 1977 Yep, in this Neal Adams drawn cover young Linda
Danvers has only gone and dropped the bottled city of Kandor!Ban...
Showcase #83: Here Comes Bernie
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The second issue of the Nightmaster Showcase trial featured the art of
Bernie Wrightson, who had just started his comic book career a month or so
earlier....
Moustache Monday!
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A foreign fellow always knows how to carry a big moustache. Malik, the
burly, brooding Balkan type from War Picture Library 277 The Patriot
certainly carr...
Top Cat and the Pleasures of NYC!
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Exchanging comments with friend Debbie (who does the excellent web comic *Fluffy
and Mervin*) on my recent Flintstones post put me in a Hanna-Barbera state ...
Jon Davis-Hunt - Rrrrrrraaaaar-paround Cover!
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The mighty Jon Davis-Hunt is back with this AMAZING wraparound cover for
Age of the Wolf 2. Regular readers with good memories will remember the
breakdown...
THE CARTOONIST'S REVENGE
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Everyone knows what it takes to have a successful career. A college
education is essential. A graduate degree is even better (preferably in a
field su...
Hero surveying his kingdom
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...although he looks a bit shocked that arch-nemesis Jasper somehow got
into the shot...
...and some bloke in a stripey top :-)
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Back With Brooklyn Gorillas
A guy named Steve Calvert played the titular gorilla in *Bela Lugosi Meets
a Brooklyn* *Gorilla*. He'd bought the skin from R...
Fantasy Defense
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*Fantasy Defense*, aka *Fantasy Defenders*, is a tower defense styled game
pitting your forces against waves of enemy monsters. It has an old style
look to...
This Month in Marvel: June 1964
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- We're now into June of 1964. And you know what that means: Another
look at Stan's "Special Announcements" page, wherein he tantalized readers
...
Bolles inside Esquire
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Our saga of the Bolles girl channeled on the cover of *Esquire* continues,
courtesy of mega Bolles-fan, Alan Wrobel who wrote the magazine to alert
them o...
No News Is Bad News
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On 24 December, the Stratfor computer site was learned to be hacked;
e.mail, e.mail addresses, and credit-card information were stolen.
Initially, Anonymou...
Happy Valentine's Day!
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I hope visitors to my blogs will be my Valentines!
(I wonder if there will be earthquakes, what with all the women being
immodest today.)
Why Chicks Cry: Teardrop City
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(I have been both surprised and humbled by the attention "Why Chicks Cry"
has received. It has been Facebooked, Twittered, even mentioned in Time
Magazine...
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,...
“this is a collaborative medium”.
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“If the solution is anger at the system, and to only buy creator owned
comics, great. There are many wonderful comics that could use your
attention. But yo...
The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom (1924)
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The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom (Papirosnitsa ot Mosselproma) Yuliya
Solntseva / Igor Ilyinsky / Anna Dmokhovskaya / Nikolai Tsereteli / Leonid
Baratov /...
Media References Part IV: Christopher Nolan Movies
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With such tremendous critical acclaim, it would be hard for Christopher
Nolan's Batman movies not to find their way into popular culture. Cementing
the pop...
Experimental Color Roughs
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Andrew Loomis is the illustrator's illustrator — his art instruction books
beloved by millions, world-wide. Much of his published work in ads and
magazines...
Follow Me Back to 1974!
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What are you doing here? 1976 has ended! Follow me back to 1974 where we're
doing it all again for the next twelve months!
http://1974geeksfirstjournal.bl...
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...
The Sequel; coming May 2012
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As you may (or may not) have seen me mention on Facebook or Twitter over
the weekend, the Better Half and I are expecting our second child
(currently known...
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Bloody brilliant.
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