Alan Moore and the golliwog
(another repost from my own blog) When I first read the Alan Moore/Kevin O’Neill Black Dossier, I was baffled by the Galley-Wag. He’s a huge blackface figure who comes out of …
(another repost from my own blog) When I first read the Alan Moore/Kevin O’Neill Black Dossier, I was baffled by the Galley-Wag. He’s a huge blackface figure who comes out of …
So I’m in early 1965 in my Silver Age reread and DC Comics have changed a lot from when I started rereading the Silver Age. As I mentioned in my …
(Another repost from my own blog because it’s turned into a hectic week). In 1982, to correspond with the first Swamp Thing movie, DC revived the series with Martin Pasko’s …
J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man’s perpetual nemesis cum comic relief character, doesn’t have as high a public profile as comics’ other famous editor, Perry White. Still, between the comics, the movies …
So Sunday, April 24, James Bama died. He’s best known for his work as a Western artist but for me he’s first and foremost the definitive Doc Savage paperback artist.I …
By a weird coincidence, both today’s reviews come from a thirty-fourth issue. Once again, I think they show the respective strengths of DC and Marvel. First, from Green Lantern #34, …
Time for another cross-post from my own blog, dealing with material from my Aliens Are Here book, which should be out later this year. They’ve already picked the cover.Now that …