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LOST SHINING STAR
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I am a bit of an emotional wreck at the moment. I just spent the weekend
packing my daughter off on her trip to Europe. It's the first time that she
has...
March DVD Update
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Lots of new things this time around at BOOKSTEVE RARITIES. Here are just a
few.
*NEW ITEMS AS OF March 1, 2012*
*BLONDIE: The Television Series *
*In the ...
She Is Still An Idiot
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For all of you who thought she would make a good Vice-President, this is
why Sarah Palin needs to shut up and just go away. You can't be saying
things lik...
Moustache Monday!
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A young flying chap knows he has to earn his right to enter the select few
who sport a bit o' tash. Here we see the more experienced man showing a
young ...
Links, art, sadness, anger, etc.
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*1*. *Jean "Moebius" Giraud* died yesterday, one of the cornerstones of my
personal theology. This was the first piece of his art I remember seeing,
though...
The Beano - First Issue - July 30th 1938
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It is with great pleasure that we now show the very first Issue of The
Beano from way back in 1938. What a Beano exactly was or what it referred
to is open...
UNSEEN DITKO...
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Feast your fortunate eyes on an uninked and unused pin-up of THE INCREDIBLE
HULK by STEVE DITKO, intended for an issue of TALES TO ASTONISH,
but presumab...
Mastermind M'Ginty-Cat-Man Comics-1946
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Here's a fun anonymous strip with a unique art style. This was the
character's final appearance from the final issue of CAT-MAN COMICS.
The Swampgod Looking Through The Window
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Ancient Beyond Measure
The Swampgod Does Not Understand Glass
But Does Understand the Sounds He Hears From Behind It
Sounds of Fearful Prey
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 40
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Artists who can't draw have become emboldened by the excuse that
traditional drawing skills are less relevant today. The focus of art has
shifted, we are ...
Burn Notice 1.6 - Unpaid Debts
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Plot: The FBI has backed off Michael, but now he has new worries. A
mysterious guy has shown up, throwing his weight around in an attempt to
bully Michael ...
Ink-Slinger Profiles: Edward McCullough
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Edward L. McCullough was born in New Jersey in 1901, according to the 1910
U.S. Federal Census. He was the youngest of three sons born to Charles and
Cat...
Not Fade Away
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Doug: The attention around John Carter, Warlord of Mars has me thinking
about other "timeless" characters. Since we're all pop-o-philes around
here, I'm wo...
Jean Giraud/Moebius 1938-2012
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Moebius changed my life. More than once. Many times. Before I began
reading his comics, before I was even reading comics. Jean Giraud, either
directly thr...
Play-Toyin' with Ol' Destiny
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I hope you're in the mood for baseball (Ã la Kelly that is). The next batch
of Sundays plays out the game.
Happy Sunday, Kelly Sunday!
March 8, 1970
Jean (Moebius) Giraud RIP
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Like many in the comics blogosphere let me take a moment to remember the
late Jean Giraud, better known as "Moebius". It was under that name that I
first ...
Adventure Comics # 124, January, 1948
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Some nice looking splashes all around this time with The Green Arrow and
Speedy once again facing their ersatz version of The Joker, Bull's-Eye.
Best of...
Randy Packs
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SFW, except the last oneI did some art for Randy Packs, an upcoming series
of trading cards Scott Teplin is putting together featuring prominent
cartoonist...
167: Journey into Mystery #107
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Journey into Mystery #107
June 2, 1964
- This issue sees the introduction of Marvel baddie The Grey Gargoyle -
who, though he would never go on to...
Moebius
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There are many, many tributes to the late, great Jean "Moebius" Giraud
doing the rounds today, mostly from people who knew the artist's work far
better th...
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Part Two of *Green Dolphin Street*
Loew's sales chief William Rodgers dawdled months on whether to jack *Green
Dolphin Street* beyond normal rate. There ...
Mark Harrison - Tricera-TOPS!
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Holy cowosaurus, this cover is absolutely awesome (in the curmudgeonly,
proper sense of the word as opposed to the new-fangled overly quoted
version all to...
Passing of Another Great Artist
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The terribly sad news of the passing of another great artist, Jean
'Moebius' Giraud, brings me back to the blog.
I was in the middle of laying out a graphi...
Jean Giraud dead at 73
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Artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud has succumbed to illness at the age of 73.
Giraud was perhaps most famous for drawing sci-fi series like "The Inkal"
and "The ...
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I'll DC'ing You
Saturday Leftover Day.
Friend of the blog James Kaely sent me scans of the Roy Raymond
"Impossible... But True" story from Detective Comic...
RIP Moebius – Jean Giraud
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Gorilla Daze
I had sat down to write some of the usual frivolous nonsense about Silver
Age comics, but having just learned of the death of Jean Giraud — ...
Ralph Mcquarrie - Star Wars Paintings
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[image: Ralph McQuarrie - 1]
[image: Ralph McQuarrie - 2]
[image: Ralph McQuarrie - 3]
[image: Ralph McQuarrie - 4]
[image: Ralph McQuarrie - 5]
[image:...
As Ye Sow...
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Awww, everyone loves babies! Wait. That's not how I wanted to introduce
this story. The winning combination of *Bruce Jones* and *Luis Bermejo*teamed up for...
In Memorium: Jean Giraud
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French comics artist *Jean Giraud* who gained worldwide fame not only under
his own name but also under the pseudonym *Moebius*, passed away this
morning...
Gas! by Maxwell Grant.
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Wow. Just passed the 100 followers mark. Now, ain't that something? Back
when I started up *Two-Fisted, *it was just as a place to post the stuff
that didn...
Four Color Promises is now on Twitter...
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I thought I would give this *Twitter *thing a try. You can now follow me on
the Twitter. @4ColorPromises. I will tweet about new posts as well as
enlighten...
Justice League of America Vs. Ultron
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Ultron is far and away my favorite Avengers villain and I think he could
definitely give the JLA a run for their money. The* Avengers *film looks to
be h...
FANDANGO - MOVIES WITH A SMILE
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As you may or may not already know, Fandango is American's leading cinema
ticketing agent, with over 16,000 screens nationwide at their disposal.
Moreover,...
Gidget
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1966 was both a good year and a bad year for fans of GIDGET. On the one
hand, there was a new GIDGET novel from the original author, GIDGET GOES
PARISIEN...
Making a Splash: The Avengers by George Perez Part 3
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What it is, Groove-ophiles! Well, what it should be is "Ol' Groove Catches
Up Week", 'cause here I is playing catch-up for the third day in a row. On
Septe...
IDW's Artist's Edition--What the Fans Are Saying!
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There it is in all its glory. You may have heard it was big. That's comics
fan/collector/historian and former Kubie Bob Bailey showing it off for us.
Bo...
Swamp Thing #7 review
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At last. After half a year's worth of Swamp Thing without Swamp Thing, the
star of the show steps into the spotlight. It's not a matter of Alec
Holland em...
SILVER SURFER by Francesco Francavilla
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*Click on the image to see the BIGGER VIEW :)*
[image: Silver Surfer]
I missed drawing this guy since my minimalist take a long ago for this very
blog. Tha...
John Carter
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In the news this week is Disney's JOHN CARTER. As is often the case, Gray
Morrow was there first. Here's Gray's DC JOHN CARTER from 40 years ago!
Two From Jack Bradbury!
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Recently, good friend, Pappy (of *Golden Age Comics Blogzine* fame) ran a
great *Beany & Cecil* post by *Jack Bradbury*. Feeling inspired, I dove
into my c...
Thinking inside the Box
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I recently finished reading A Budget of Paradoxes (1872) by Augustus de
Morgan. Now-a-days, we are most likely to encounter the word paradox as
referring t...
Superman #173
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The opening story is *The Untouchable Clark Kent*. The premise for the
story can be gleaned just from this opening panel:
The former Hollywood star who ca...
Remembering John Garfield
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March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952
John Garfield is, and has been for many years, one of my most favorite
actors - right up there with Cagney, Kirk, Burt, De...
Ralph McQuarrie, R.I.P.
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From The Verge --
Artist Ralph McQuarrie has passed away at the age of 82. One of the primary
visual forces behind the original *Star Wars* trilogy, *Raid...
Black Canary on a Motorcycle by Neal Adams
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Remember when Dinah Lance drove a mean motorcycle to fight crime?
[image: Black Canary on a motorcycle by Neal Adams]
Neal Adams remembers. Nuff Said!
Snowbound in Hell: The Last of February
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*This post ain’t about the weather—it’s about the MOVIES!
*
Let’s recap:
The first batch of February Flicks is *HERE*;
& the second batch of reviews of th...
Nerd Girl of Note #143: Lina Romay
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Frankly, I am a little bit bothered that I had yet to include the awesome
Lina Romay in this column. I am not one for eulogies, but her death last
week dro...
The Monkees: Last Train to Redemption
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Isn't it a little audacious that the very first song on the very first
album by The Monkees is their own theme song? The fact that it was the
opening theme...
March Two, Dress in Blue
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Today
What shall I say?
For this blog
has set me agog
So the web I peruse
until the theme I choose
March two, Dress in Blue
But which girl wins the pos...
"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," ...
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,...
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...
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...
1 comments:
nice pics Joe! that last one is awesome!
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