Sex sells. But so does weirdness
At least I assume that’s the reason for today’s batch of covers. First by Patrick Woodroffe—Then Peter Gudynas showing why our government wants to ban Tik-Tok.A psychedelic cover by Gene …
Author: frasersherman
Did you know that sex sells?
And nobody knows that better than paperback cover illustrators, as you’ll see. First, this one by Roger Kastel.Here’s an uncredited cover that implies something really scandalous. My online research hasn’t …
Two covers I like
I’ve no idea why I like this Nick Cardy cover but I do.I know why I like this Jack Kirby cover — because post-Austin Powers a monster called “Shag” (regardless …
Raising Cain
Rereading the Silver Age has taught me repeatedly that my memory is fallible. Even so, sometimes my errors surprise me.I have a crystal-clear memory what happened after Dial H for …
Watching Turner Classic Movies in Greenville, SC
Early last month I took a trip down to Greenville for a Mensa event thrown by the local group. TYG and I went every year until the pandemic; it’s a …
Adventures on the wild, lawless frontier of … Canada!
(Cross-posted from my own blog) A few years back it struck me that it was silly to have the entire Doc Savage series taking up space on my shelves (in …
A new face of 1968 — and a new Earth too!
Debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #56 (Stan Lee, John Romita), Captain George Stacy is an excellent example of something I blogged about a few weeks back, that major changes to comics …