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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 (19 December 2022)
A reminder that the perspective and framing of comic book covers can be awesome:
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Adam Hughes, Anthony Tollin, Ben Oda, Black Widow, Bob Camp, Bob LeRose, Chuck Cuidera, Crime Detector, David Lapham, Justice League of America, Mike Grell, Mort Drucker, Phil Noto, Police Comics, Rai, Ralph Reese, Reed Crandall, Spirou, T-Man, The 'Nam, Todd Klein, Tony DeZuniga, Warlord, Weird Western Tales
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 August 2022)
In case you forgot, here is one more reminder of how awesome covers can elevate comics’ foundational tropes into something stunning:
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Adventures into the Unknown, Alex Ross, Alex Schomburg, Blackhawk, Bob Brown, covers, Dick Ayers, Doomsday + 1, Ed Moritz, Ghost Rider, Ira Schnapp, John Byrne, L.B. Cole, Lou Fine, Modern Comics, Peter Cannon, Reed Crandall, Science Comics, Suspense Comics, Terrors of the Jungle, Thunderbolt, Tomahawk, Wonderworld Comics
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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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Brilliant horror short stories
In theory, horror shouldn’t be an easy fit for stories of ten pages or less. For a narrative to be truly scary or disturbing, the stakes should be painstakingly set up, the atmosphere should breathe, the fearful anticipation should be … Continue reading
Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
Tagged 2000 AD, Al Feldstein, Alec Worley, Bernie Krigstein, Bernie Wrightson, Bill Gaines, Bruce Jones, Carl Wessler, Charlotte Jetter, Cold War, Ellie De Ville, Gerry Conway, Harry Harrison, horror, Jim Aparo, Jim Wroten, Joe Orlando, John Albano, Marie Severin, noir, politics, Reed Crandall, Richard Corben, science fiction, Steve Ditko, Steve Gerber, Tom Foster, Vicente Alcazar, Wally Wood, Young Montano
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