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Just wrote a metric fuckton of a piece on Scott Walker for Andrew Hickey’s
PEP! zine project, clocking in at just under 10,000 words. And I’ve got a
scary ...
Been busy
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So I haven't been posting since Thanksgiving and chances are updates here
will be few and far between over the next week - not because of the holidasy
but ...
Marvel Cartoons Theme Songs
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The Retroist has posted all the title sequences to 1960's Marvel cartoons.
Of course, everyone remembers the Spiderman theme. But I'm posting the
second mo...
Link: Dial B for Blog
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Here is a cool online fanzine - dial B for blog . Filled with tons of comics
related stuff a must see!
Dial B for Blog
one topic of interest:
the Elvis a...
It’s Superhero T-shirt Tuesday!
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This is going back many a year. I was still living with the folks and I was
off to a Halloween bash down the rugby club. Posted in It's Superhero
T-shirt T...
Viva (Anna Biller, 2007)
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Regular readers of *House of Self Indulgence* likely saw the review of Anna
Biller's retro homage *Viva*. I do not aspire to outdo Yum Yum's review, but
wa...
Perhaps They Are Avatars Of Being Wrong?
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Sometime soon, I'd like to see the Luminals do something competently. The
Luminals are heroes from the planet Xarth that first appeared in *Nova* in
the ar...
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Oh So Quiet
Monday Cartoon Day
More early samples of Irving Philips' silent gag panel Mr. Mum.
Jan 2 1959:
Jan 6 1959:
Jan 7 1959:
Jan 8 1959:
Jan...
Planet of the Apes 1971 teaching aid booklet
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*(Click on images to enlarge.)*
Back around 1971, I was in the 5th grade and living near Parkersburg WV at
the time. The English class of the school I was...
Wyatt Earp v2 #11 - Russ Manning art
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Wyatt Earp v2 #11, 1960 - An outlaw gang of ex-soldiers tries to take over Tombstone, making enemies of both Wyatt Earp and the criminal community. Russ Man...
My First Bogey
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Often the young folk come up to me and ask, "Mister Booksteve, sir? What,
pray tell, was the first book in your vast and virtual library? Huh? Tell
me, te...
Obscurity of the Day: Alexander
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The George Herriman cat strip trilogy is bookended by Zoo Zoo and Krazy Kat,
and today's obscurity, Alexander, occupies the middle position. The first
tw...
Frugle Rottablagger
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Any story line or art that broke up the 'monotony' of the swamp was always
welcome. And it had been a long time since Pogo himself put on a silly hat
and a...
Trivia Quiz #37: Solve the Puzzle Cover
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I've talked a bit in the past about Mort Weisinger's fondness for what I
call puzzle covers. These covers show something bizarre and unexpected,
which he h...
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Book Choice --- *Laurel and Hardy: From The Forties Forward*
Here’s the conundrum. Back when I discovered Laurel and Hardy, there was
plenty to watc...
Small Painting
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Although described as a "small painting" this looks much like a 1950's
girlie mag gag panel that ended up in the hands of Woody's late-in-life
friend Gilb...
Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day Seven
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It's Day Seven of the Boris Karloff Blogathon, and we're going out with a
bang. Boris Karloff in The Terror, a Roger Corman film from 1963. This is
one of ...
What's A Krumwurstner?
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According to this handy German language guide made by Dr. Seuss sometime
around 1929, a "krumwurstner" is "one who drinks beer through a straw." This
cart...
AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT...
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Those of you who know anything about me, know for certain that on any given
day I can be relied upon to interupt one thing, and say: " Hey... check out
t...
Bill Ward/McCartney 1963
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Bob Sproul, publisher of CRACKED Mazagine, also published COLLEGE LAUGHS; he
used some of the same artists in both publications. "Powers," who signed the
c...
How I Conquered a Terrible Plague
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Sunday's the final day of Pierre's fabulous *"Boris Karloff Blogathon"* at *
Frankensteinia*, and *THOIA* has one more *Dick Briefer Frankenstein* tale
for ...
Weirdworld
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I've been very busy building the database for KINGS OF THE NIGHT and comics
have taken up most of my time. One comic that I always loved as a teen was
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New Artwork...
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I finished this one up the other night. Took about 3 months on and off.
Approx 13" x 16" all colored pencil on Vellum surface Bristol paper. I still
don...
Turtles, Honeymooners, and Advice
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This is an image from an unpublished turtles comic made by the great Milton
Knight, who was kind enough to put it up on his website.
More cartoony cartoon...
Green Lantern #74
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*Green Lantern #74* (On Sale: November 26, 1969) has a great cover by *Gil
Kane*.
*Green Lantern* stars in *"Lost In Space"* by *Mike Friedrich, Gil Kane *...
KINGS OF THE NIGHT
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Following the news that Flashing Swords is no more, where can discerning
readers go for quality Sword and Sorcery fiction?
Well, one answer might be GW Th...
Lumbering Jack the 142 years old Policeman
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Andrew Christine
For Peter and ISpy here are the first two full episodes of Lumbering Jack
shown just as they appeared in Topper no's 902 and 903 (May 1...
Groovy Kingdom of the Thanksgiving Cobra
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The Groovy Agent is serving up a Thanksgiving feast today with a series of
posts...first up, The Shadow # 3, by Denny O'Neil, Mike Kaluta and Bernie
Wright...
Happy Thanksgiving
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*Turkey Day Musings...**Five Kernels* **
Here in New England there is an old tradition in which five kernels of corn
are placed at each setting on the Th...
Blackhawk Wingsdays 12: Seven Fearless Men Are We!
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On this eve of Thanksgiving, I wanted to share something that I'm thankful
for. I'm certainly thankful that I live in a world where I can spend much of
my ...
The NEW Page November 25 Happy Thanksgiving
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Thanks for looking at this. If you are new, please read the story of Dagbo
"The Snipe" archived in order so you don't miss anything. Then new pages
will ...
Doom Patrol Dollies
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Aside from the comics, I'm also an action figure nut. Or as I prefer to call
them, "wee dollies".
I've acquired quite a collection of both Marvel and DC c...
Murdoch Strikes Back.
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And yeah, The THE CLONE WARS cartoon isn't great, but this Sky Movies ident
for it is pretty good, all the same (cheers for the link, Jacko).
Clone Wars P...
In the Clouds Over Our Bolles Girl
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After the years I've spent hunting down the work of Enoch Bolles, "new"
finds are few and far between, so this cover was a real joy to have come
across. A...
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 29
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*This is why your grandpa spoke with such reverence about the great Al
Dorne.
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1953 illustration from Colliers about six greedy, shiftless sons waiting fo...
Pathos: What The Hell Is It?
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Pathos. The word brings to us images of suffering and despair, whether it be
from films or from life itself. However, what does it really mean?
Webster's D...
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 ...
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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