Comics, Crisis and You: A Disrespectful Guide to Comics Events
Flashpoint is going to end in new #1 issues across the board and new origin issues for everyone, that much is clear. Will it be the earth shattering annihilation of Crisis on Infinite Earths, or the long-forgotten supposed reboot of Zero Hour?
Continue ReadingGroovy old comics alert: Sexton Blake by Graham Coton
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via Yesterday’s Papers, aging goodness from Knockout.
Continue ReadingWhat is the mystery of… SILVER
That's the original from "Silver #22" but the reimagining by Robert Goodin is even more disturbing -- please click on the link to enjoy! But we couldn't help wondering...what is this "Silver"? An early comic by Jim Woodring or Hans Rickheit? The work of an unknown cousin to Fletcher Hanks? Or a spin-off from KRAMERS ERGOT? Surely only the fecund imaginations of a contemporary indie cartoonist could imagine a calfskin giving birth to an Indian, face first, through a large vagina in its throat. Right?
Continue ReadingNews rewind: SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVE from DC
Catching up on some of the news from our sabbatical, in perhaps the most anticipated announcement ever, DC finally has plans for a SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVE collecting Sheldon Mayer's charming and pitch perfect stories abut a pair of mischievous toddlers. Long a cult favorite among comics cognoscenti -- some pages were reprinted in the great TOON TREASURY last year, it's cartooning in its purest, most joyful form. The series is being reprinted in the deluxe hardcover Archive format -- 244 pages for $59.99. This format is supposedly being phased out in favor of the larger $75 omnibus edition.
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Eve with Ogden Whitney
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Lew Stringer presents The Old and the New.
Continue ReadingSpotted From The Watchtower
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAs The Beatrix, on vacation up country, deals with the new server and its delusion that it’s an electronic bulletin board from 1982, I am performing caretaker duties here at Stately Beat Manor. So, some links… Over at The Comics Journal, Tom Crippen posts two reprints of Gahan Wilson’s Nuts comic strip, which [...]
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The birth of irony
If this cover to FOUR COLOR No. 423, September 1952 were published today it would totally be hipsteriffic.
Continue ReadingNice Art: Art of the Panel: DC
Case of the Explosive Vegetables! John Broome, Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson THE FLASH #152; May, 1965
Continue ReadingAtlas is back, debuts at NYCC
Can an old-fashioned comic book company that lasted about a year in the newsstand era find happiness in the modern world of licensing and Hollywood exploitation? That's what Stan Lee's cousin (by marriage) is counting on, with the relaunch of Atlas Comics. Atlas/Seaboard was founded by Martin Goodman, founder of the original Marvel/Atlas/Timely. After selling Marvel to the distributor Cadence, Goodman got back into the publishing game in 1974 with Atlas Comics, a short-lived but innovative outfit that offered art returns, profit sharing, and other ahead-of-their-times perks. However, it didn't last long -- by 1975, it was dead.
Continue ReadingYou Must See This: Johnny Canuck
Via Superitch, an example of Canada's WWII comics efforts, in the shape of a complete Johnny Canuck story. We would give a lot to have a larger image of this cover, but alas, the internet has failed us. THAT'S how special Johnny Canuck is.
Continue ReadingAlways Appropriate: Felix the Cat
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via Comic Book Bin, info on the new Felix the Cat: The Great Comic Book Tails from IDW, compiled by inexhaustible Craig Yoe.
Continue ReadingNow on sale: The Golden Collection of Klassic Krazy Kool Kids Komics
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via PR, another swell-looking collection of vintage kids comics, this time collated by Craig Yoe as part of his line of books at IDW. Award-winning comics creator and historian Craig Yoe has done it again, this time offering a huge collection of the most brilliant children’s comics from the 1940’s and [...]
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