Back in the UK, it’s boxing day
Let’s celebrate with Carmine Infantino —— and Neal Adams! And at Chris’s suggestion in comments, Joe Kubert too!#SFWApro
Category: Fraser Sherman
The loneliest miser
(Another Christmas repost, from back in 2018) Last year Greg Hatcher discussed why he loves A Christmas Carol despite a general distaste for Christmas because “someone finally convinces a rich …
Christmas as the black hole of popular culture
(Reposting from 2018, because hopefully we have lots of readers now we didn’t have back then). Over the years Christmas has become the black hole of movies, drawing them to …
Marvel visuals (1967 again)
Given the last couple of posts in my Silver Age reread were mostly critical of Marvel’s 1967 output, it seemed worth mentioning that it’s not a slog to read them. …
Marvel Comics in late ’67: spies, mages, gods and mutants
Continuing from last week, my look at the state of Marvel in late 1967. First up, Strange Tales. I’ve already gushed about Jim Steranko’s amazing art on Nick Fury, Agent …
Marvel in late ’67: Part One
I’ve been meeting to post about several different Marvel books and keep getting distracted by other topics. This and a follow-up post next week should get me caught up.Amazing Spider-Man …
The secret history of Oz: the first two books
In a recent Greg Hatcher repost, Greg ummed up the existence of the sequels to The Wizard of Oz: “It was a success and naturally the creator wants to follow …