Tag Archives: covers

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 October 2025)

Posted on October 20, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

Because it’s been a while since Gotham Calling has spotlighted old-school romance comic book covers…

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Bob Fujitani, Boy Loves Girl, covers, Fred Kida, Lover's Lane, Matt Baker, Teen-Age Temptations | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (13 October 2025)

Posted on October 13, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

La-dee-da… This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to wrap-around covers that use the back bit (i.e. the left side) to neatly add context to the image on the front:

Posted in AWESOME COVERS | Tagged Arnold Pander, covers, Grendel, Marshall Rogers, Pander Bros, The Spirit, Will Eisner | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (6 October 2025)

Posted on October 6, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

October’s first reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to comic-booky literary adaptations:

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged covers, Danny Crespi, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Ernie Chan, John Costanza, John Romita, Maltese Falcon, Marie Severin, Marvel Classics Comics, Odyssey, Rodlow Willard, Ron Wilson, Supernatural Thrillers | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 May 2025)

Posted on May 26, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

In another desperate attempt to keep things light in (increasingly) dark times, this week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to X-Men covers with prominent butts. (Yes, it has come to this!)

Posted in AWESOME COVERS | Tagged Brandon Peterson, covers, Dan Adkins, Dan Panosian, Frank Giacoia, Gil Kane, Morrie Kuramoto, Sam Rosen, Stan Goldberg, X-Men | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (19 May 2025)

Posted on May 19, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

For this Monday’s reminder that comics can be awesome, here as tribute to Sheena the Jungle Queen’s covers from the 1940s:

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged covers, Jumbo Comics, Nick Cardy, Sheena | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (12 May 2025)

Posted on May 12, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

Between sponsoring genocide, ethnic cleansing, and running a concentration camp in El Salvador, how long until the current US administration and its supporters start to wonder if they’re the ‘baddies‘? In the meantime, for this week’s reminder that comic books … Continue reading →

Posted in HEADSHOTS | Tagged Commando, covers, Ken Barr, World War II | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 May 2025)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

Gotham Calling is going back to comic book covers for a month… Let’s start with a trio of Secret Hearts issues from the 1950s and 1960s whose design includes both some neat mise-en-scène and even neater clothing: