What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – July 2018
I’m late this month with these reviews because I had a lot to get to, so let’s not dawdle!
Category: Comics
Stepping into the same river twice: rereading my comics
Rereading comic books has effects I never expected. The past few years I’ve read so many Bronze Age comics with the P.A.C.K. toyline ad (Professional Agents/Crime Killers!) I think I …
Comics You Should Own – ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #228-280
We’ve reached the end of an era, so let’s see how it all shakes out!
I can do a tribute to Steve Ditko just by recycling old stuff!
I wanted to do a small tribute to Steve Ditko, and I thought, I kind of already did one a few years ago, so why don’t I just use some of that work? And away we go!
‘Women in Refrigerators’: An Oral History
I was reminded of WIR recently and thought it was high time somebody documented the origin of the term and site, at least somewhat beyond the bare-bones detail to be found at Wikipedia. As it happens, I know pretty much all the people who were involved in the site, and was present during some of the early discussion, so I invited them to participate in an online roundtable discussion.
Atomic Roundtable: Ditko Memories
A few of us here at the Junk Shop talk about our favorite Steve Ditko moments in comics.
R.I.P. Steve Ditko (1927-2018)
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Steve Ditko, the legendary co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, among others, has passed away at the age of 90. Mr. Ditko died in …