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 …
Hatcher’s Junk Drawer #8: Bus Books
With the car out of commission for a week, I got a chance to catch up on some reading during my lengthy bus commute.
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!
Backroads Bookscouting (sort of): A Salem Addendum
As a sort of a follow-up to Greg Hatcher’s bookscouting column last February, here’s a little more about a wonderful antique store in Salem that he missed on his visit.
‘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.