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Tag Archives: Gaspar Saladino
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
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
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
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
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 March 2022)
Just yet another reminder of how awesome comic book covers can be…
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Adventures of the Jaguar, Bob Layton, Challengers of the Unknown, covers, Creeper, Crime Reporter, Fight Comics, Gaspar Saladino, Gil Kane, Hit Comics, Joe Doolin, Joe Kubert, John Rosenberger, Lou Fine, Matt Baker, Nick Cardy, Our Army at War, Rich Buckler, Russ Heath, Star Hunters, Tarzan, Tatjana Wood, Undersea Agent
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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
Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS
Tagged covers, Curt Swan, Gaspar Saladino, George Roussos, Ira Schnapp, Sheldon Moldoff, Silver Age, Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer
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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
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Aquaman, covers, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Nick Cardy
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 February 2022)
An eye-popping reminder that comics can be awesome…
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Bill Sienkiewicz, Black Cat, Black Fury, Brad Simpson, covers, Creeper, Dave McKean, Dick Giordano, Gaspar Saladino, L.B. Cole, Lee Elias, Mask, New Mutants, Paolo Rivera, Piotr Kowalski, Sandman, Sex, Shade, Shadows from Beyond, Spider-Man, Steve Ditko
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 January 2022)
A psychedelic reminder that comics can be awesome…
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Alex Ziritt, Baffling Mysteries, covers, Department of Truth, Dick Giordano, Gaspar Saladino, George Pérez, Ghostly Tales, Jon D'Agostino, Laura Allred, Louis Zansky, Madman, Mike Allred, Mike Kaluta, Norman Saunders, Out of This World, Secrets of Haunted House, Space Riders, Steve Ditko, The Unexpected, Todd Klein, Tom Sutton, Tradd Moore, Wonder Woman, Worlds of Fear
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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
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged covers, Dick Briefer, Frankenstein, Gaspar Saladino, J.G. Jones, Mike Kaluta, Phantom Stranger
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