Who can forget the Cattanooga Cats? I kind of wish I could
Last month I took a look at ads for CBS’ 1969 Saturday morning lineup. It included the TV debut of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and Scooby-Doo, not to mention Monkees …
Author: frasersherman
I’d say I’m posting this as a textbook example of its genre, but mostly I found it funny
Anyone who’s read Silver Age DC Comics knows they filled up space with gag strips written and drawn by Henry Boltinoff, brother to DC editor Murray Boltinoff. As a kid …
Doc Savage’s kin: some other pulp heroes by Lester Dent
Last year I’d planned to put out a Doc Savage history, Savage Adventures, but other projects took precedence. This year, hopefully it happens. As a side effect of the project …
Marvel in 1969 did not become the new Harvey Comics
Due to finances and my family’s move to America, 1969 (as I’ve mentioned before) became a blank spot in my comics awareness. I usually think of that in terms of …
I wish I could quit you, man of the Kree!
I’m not a fan of the early Silver Age Captain Marvel. When I first encountered the series as part of my Silver Age reread I thought it was mediocre — …
Hammer and Hyde
Hammer Studios’ Dracula and Frankenstein series are justifiably famous. Their three Jekyll and Hyde films? Not so much. This is partly because rather than a series, they’re three separate movies …
Existential depression!
I imagine most of the people nerdy enough to read these blog posts know that back in the 1970s,, DC and Marvel comics included Hostess snack ads — Twinkies, cupcakes, …