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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (16 May 2022)

This week’s reminder that comic book covers can be awesome is a tribute to Swinging Sixties Batman, back when the Caped Crusader’s printed yarns were both pretty exciting and delightfully goofy… although arguably still less goofy than the Adam West … Continue reading

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Neal Adams’ realistic surrealism

In the third installment of this week’s tribute to Neal Adams’ comic book covers, let’s look at instances where the late artist combined his signature realistic style with a more conceptual approach, including occasional ventures into surrealism. You can see … Continue reading

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Neal Adams’ atmospheric horror covers

Like I mentioned in the last post, this week is devoted to the late Neal Adams’ uncanny skills as a cover artist. Today I want to highlight his knack for moody horror. As you can see below, Neal Adams liked … Continue reading

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Neal Adams (1941-2022)

Neal Adams died last week. Years ago, I wrote briefly about his gothic artwork and his sensationalist Batman covers, but I can’t really overestimate Adams’ importance: he was arguably the greatest and the most influential artist in the history of … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 March 2022)

Just yet another reminder of how awesome comic book covers can be…

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (14 March 2022)

Between the war and other concerns, I haven’t even managed to watch The Batman movie. It looks boringly grim, but perhaps they’ve pulled it off. In any case, just for contrast, this week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (28 February 2022)

It’s been pretty hard to concentrate on anything other than the war in Ukraine, which hits close to home in many ways (though fortunately not on a literal level), especially now that the nuclear threat is escalating again… Still, I … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 February 2022)

An eye-popping reminder that comics can be awesome…  

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 January 2022)

A psychedelic reminder that comics can be awesome…

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (11 October 2021)

Since last week I spotlighted Dracula, let’s now turn to the second-best monster in popular culture… There are various memorable film takes on Frankenstein, from the classy Universal and Hammer series all the way down to Jess Franco’s sleazy – … Continue reading

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