Comics You Should Own – ‘JLA’ #1-41 and various ancillary comics
It’s like superhero crack, I tells ya!
A Publishing Model I Hope Won’t Catch On (or) Disney Must Pay!
Last November I read an alarming Twitter thread from Cory Doctorow on Disney refusing to pay Alan Dean Foster royalties. Foster was the author (uncredited) of the original Star Wars …
R.I.P. Jim Steinman
Songwriter Jim Steinman, best known for writing the Bat Out of Hell album for Meat Loaf, a number of hits for other singers, and a couple of musicals, died last week. He was 73 and had been ill for some time, ultimately succumbing to kidney failure. It took me a few days to figure out what to say about him. I think the best approach is to just tell my story of discovering and experiencing his work.
Will they save the comic-book Western — or ruin it? Bat Lash and Scalphunter
Back in 1968, I kept seeing ads asking “Bat Lash—Will He Save the West or Ruin It?” I had no clue who or what Bat Lash was, and no way …
Saturday Comics Fun Events from Gerhard and Ithacon
Hey folks, Travis here with a quick post about some fun stuff happening tomorrow. Gerhard, the background artist of Cerebus, one of my favorite comics, is opening his vault of …