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MONSTERPARTIES - SEX IT UP THIS VALENTINES DAY
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Don't you find that the word 'love' can be used to mean many different
things, and enhance many different emotions? For example, "I would love to
have a ha...
John Carter of Mars by Alan Davis
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I just discovered that Marvel released a John Carter of Mars Omnibusfeaturing all the comics they published in the 1970s.
[image: Alan Davis cover for John ...
Nerd Girl of Note #142: Salma Hayek
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Once again I am embarrassed by how little mention another of my favorites
has gotten on this blog. Hayek is one of my favorite actresses whom I first
disco...
Ink-Slinger Profiles: Greeley Hall
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Greeley W. Hall was born in Arkansas on February 15, 1924, according to the
1930 U.S. Federal Census and the Social Security Death Index. In the
census, ...
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Friz Freelance
Friday Comic Book Day.
I have seen a lot of Frank Frazetta's early comic book work, but never
these stories. After researching them for a b...
Paperback Book Covers
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Some cool paperback book covers...
Outside the Law by Philip Loraine, 1953. Cover art by Raymond Pease. I
really like this one.
Club Stud Sinner...
It's My Favorite, and I'm Sticking to It!
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Doug: Today we are asking for your favorite comic book of all time --
whether you own it now or not. This topic spins (somewhat) out of several
comments le...
It's Clobberin' Time!
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[Created by Mort Walker & Jack Kirby]
I never noticed the similarities between Ben Grimm and Sarge Snorkel until
now. Both are large imposing creatures with...
Kirby Kovers #24
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[image: avengers013]
First up this week, it's *Avengers* #13, with the original Avengers plus
Captain America facing off against Count Nefaria! You know, I ...
Sir Galant of the Round Table-Bob Powell-1957
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Seems like every company still around in the late fifties put out a Robin
Hood title to cash in on the popularity of the Richard Greene TV series
(and th...
Adventure Comics # 94, October/November, 1944
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Looks like another Kirby cover to me. Not sure why they continued listing
S&K on the SANDMAN stories long after it was obvious they weren't doing
them (a...
Sci-Friday: "Return to Mongo" by Warner and Garzon
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Back in 1978, science fiction was rocking the comicbook world. Thanks to *Star
Wars*, everyone was getting on the sci-fi bandwagon (or should that be
canti...
Scorpion from the Stars
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*YAAAGHH!* You asked for it-- *"Scorpion from the Stars"* from the
April-May 1952 issue of *Out of the Night #2. GCD* says this was
later reprinted in *Cha...
Can You Handle The Truth?
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Stop denying your own lazy bum and joing the revolution. Naps double my
production time as we all know that sleep is nothing but a little death
that robs m...
FEBRUARY 2012 (so far...)
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This month’s movie viewing started off with a string of stinkers that
really bummed me out—if I see a bunch of bad films in a row, it can really
impact ...
The Zen of Batman: Blackmail
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From *Batman*: "Barbecued Batman?" (September 22, 1966), written by Francis
Cockrell and Marian Cockrell; directed by Murray Golden
Kevin Keller #1 review
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Recent Riverdale recruit Kevin Keller isn't worried about his new
responsibilities as class president. He has other things on his mind - his
first date. T...
Some Pasts Don't Take Kindly To Being Ignored
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Angel & Faith #6 offered a pretty solid rebuttal to Harmony's "don't waste
time thinking about past mistakes" philosophy from the previous issue.
Which was...
Bill Stoneham artwork
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For your viewing pleasure just some of the surreal and disturbing work of
the artist Bill Stoneham. He is best known for his 1972 painting The Hands
Resis...
Free the GHOST RIDER one.
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I genuinely wish that one day would go by this month without Big Comics *pulling
some shitty reprehensible stroke*. Christ, poor* Gary Friedrich*. $17K is ...
Moon Knight #15 - Frank Miller cover
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Moon Knight #15, 1982 - Frank Miller overlaps the title hero and the moon,
purposely ignoring actual perspective. His design uses the Moon Knight's
white c...
Tales to Astonish
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One of the earliest Marvel comics I remember buying was the October, 1966
issue of TALES TO ASTONISH. At the time, for reasons too complicated to get
int...
KISS and The X-Men
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There have been a handful of attempts to combine musical acts with comics -
Alice Cooper, The Beatles and Night Cat come to mind... but none of them
were...
Taito - Bring out the hero in you!
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*What's the ad for?*
Taito video games for the NES
*Year*
1988
*Spotted in...*
*The Scoop*
Renegade was a "immediate technological predecessor to Double ...
Thursday Panel Van
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The schedule for Black Library Live! 2012 is up now, should you care to
peruse it. For those who don't, my schedule appears to be thus-wise,
starting at te...
Tales to Astonish # 68
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Issue: Tales to Astonish # 68
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Bob Powell and Jack Kirby
Publication Date: June 1965
Brief Summary:
http://marvel.wikia.com/Tales...
THE MIGHTY WORLD OF YESTERDAY...
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They say that when you're dying, your life flashes before your eyes - but
there's a less drastic (and not so final) way to achieve the same effect.
Simpl...
Fun page layouts in The Beano book 1973 and 1976
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I love how creative these pages are..it shows what can be done...instead of
the usual these page layouts sing out..
I was always taught that y...
THE SPEAR OF DESTINY
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Here is a piece of cover art I finished recently. It was for the book THE
SPEAR OF DESTINY by Jason E. Thummel.
Investigator Lance Chambers takes the ...
More Paul Gulacy: Promo art for 'Sabre'
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It's Black History Month, so I am throwing out a couple questions for the
assemblage: Was the Don McGregor scripted and Paul Gulacy/Billy Graham
illustrate...
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...
ANIMAL MAN by Andy Kuhn
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Hey ma, look at me, I'm twartin'!!!
Profuse apologies for my lack of twarts over the last few months.
I'm definitely gonna try to contribute more often in 20...
Madonna, not sucking
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First, here's a young Madonna with "Like A Prayer" from the Golden Age of
the Music Video. Click on this link to watch the full uncut original
version of t...
Alliterative and Amusing Attributions
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For most of the Silver Age, DC did not include credits for their stories
(although it was not uncommon for artists to sign their work). Indeed,
probably th...
Carlos Ezquerra - Alpha! Carlos Rules Okay!
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It's always great to see a Strontium Dog cover and it's even better when
drawn by his amazing creator, King Carlos Ezquerra! However it seems even
more...
Origins of Marvel Comics.
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[image: Origins of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, John Romita cover, Fantastic
Four, Sub-Mariner, Spider-Man, Dr Strange, Hulk, typewriter, hands]
*F*irst off, I ...
Haunted Love #8
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Gorilla Daze
Haunted Love #8, March 1975 An eerie Don Newton painting graces the cover
of this anthology consisting of three romantic tales with a Gothic...
164: Fantastic Four #29
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Fantastic Four #29
May 12, 1964
- You may argue with me if you'd like, but I propose that *Fantastic
Four #29*, "It Started on Yancy Street!", boa...
Super Bolles!
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This cover of *Film Fun* was published in 1932, and its always seemed to me
to be a bit of an outlier. She has a more modern, almost 1950s look than
just...
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,...
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UA Makes Crime Pay
Like a lot of obscurities from MGM's On-Demand label, *Vice Squad* has
crept on cat's feet to *Screen Archives* and lately, *Warner Ar...
“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 /...
Coming Soon! KISS Retro Style Action Figures!
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This is cool news. I still have my Mego Gene Simmons figure from the 70s.
Never had the other guys though. Hopefully I can at least get the new 8
inch figu...
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 39
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Howard Pyle illustrated more than 125 books.
Of those books, he wrote 24 himself.
Of those 24 books, one-- *Pepper and Salt*-- contained 90 of his
ill...
Connan Mockasin
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That name alone has got me hooked....
And here's the Public Dims with a great name for a song:
You can download their free album here:
bandcamp.com
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...