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Tag Archives: Charles Biro
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (18 March 2024)
You know what can be really awesome? Old pulpy, straight-to-the-point comic book covers:
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Alex Schomburg, Amazing Mystery Funnies, Billy the Kid, Boy Comics, Bruce Jones, Captain Science, Charles Biro, Chuck Cuidera, covers, Dick Giordano, Joe Orlando, John Giunta, Miss Fury, Paul Gustavson, Police Comics, Prize Comics, Reed Crandall, The Fly, Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones, Wally Wood
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 October 2022)
A criminal reminder that comic book covers can be awesome:
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Al Tyler, Authentic Police Cases, Ben Oda, Bob Jenney, Carl Pfeufer, Charles Biro, Corporate Crime Comics, covers, Crime Does Not Pay, Criminal, Gangsters Can't Win, Greg Irons, Jacob Phillips, Justice Traps the Guilty, Lee Ames, Marvin Stein, Matt Baker, Murder Incorporated, Murderous Gangsters, Racket Squad in Action, Sean Phillips, Underworld Crime
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 August 2022)
Another Monday, another reminder that comics can be awesome. This week, I’ve tried to spotlight covers that show the power of layouts and composition in bringing out the appeal of different genres, from the dynamism produced by lines pointing in … Continue reading
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Black Fury, Boy Comics, Boy Loves Girl, Charles Biro, Cheyenne Kid, covers, Crime Does Not Pay, Dick Giordano, Fred Kida, Ghost Manor, GI in Battle, House of Secrets, Jack Davis, Mike Kaluta, Ogden Whitney, Pat Boyette, Rocke Mastroserio, Spy-Hunters, Tales from the Crypt
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (4 July 2022)
A reminder that (violent) comic book covers can be awesome…
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Authentic Police Cases, Ben Oda, Bernard Baily, Bill Elder, Black Cat, Charles Biro, covers, Crime Does Not Pay, Foxhole, Frontline Combat, Gaspar Saladino, Jack Davis, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Johnny Craig, Lee Elias, Marie Severin, Matt Baker, Mister Mystery, Murder Incorporated, Tales from the Crypt, Tomahawk, Vault of Horror
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 June 2022)
This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to packed, wonderfully busy covers:
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Al Hartley, Alan Davis, Alex Schomburg, Alex Toth, All Select Comics, Black Hood, Boy Comics, Charles Biro, covers, Dan Zolnerowich, Ever Meulen, Excalibur, Fight Comics, Frank Miller, Gray Morrow, Jack Kirby, JLA, Joe Simon, Justice League of America, Kevin Maguire, Lone Wolf and Cub, Lynn Varley, Paul Neary, Raw, Rich Buckler, Spy Cases, Stan Goldberg, Strange World of Your Dreams
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Collected war comics
The folks at Dead Reckoning sent a copy of Garth Ennis’ and Carlos Ezquerra’s The Tankies for me to review, so I figured it would be fun to put the book into context by discussing it together with other collections … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged Alan Hebden, Alex Toth, Battle, Battlefields, Cam Kennedy, Carlos Ezquerra, Charles Biro, Cold War, Dave Berg, espionage, Fighting Mann, Frontline Combat, Garth Ennis, Gene Colan, Harvey Kurtzman, Hector Ezquerra, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Mike Western, politics, R.C. Harvey, Reed Crandall, Ric Estrada, Russ Heath, The Tankies, Tony Avina, Two-Fisted Tales, Vietnam, War Dog, World War II
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (18 May 2020)
Your violent reminder that comics can be awesome…