On my list of potential blog topics for the future, the career of Len Wein was near the top. Continue reading Len Wein 1948-2017
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Kirby Centennial
Today marks the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the man known as Jack Kirby. Or, to put it another way, the King of Comics would have been celebrating his 100th birthday if he were alive today. Kirby is certainly one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, names in all of comics history, so today is a fairly huge deal. Continue reading Kirby Centennial
Blind Byrne Worship
Within the last few years, TwoMorrows has issued a series of books by Pierre Comtois reviewing the creative rise & fall of Marvel Comics, with each book in the series covering a different decade in the company’s first thirty years of existence. Continue reading Blind Byrne Worship
Herb Trimpe 1939-2015
On Monday we lost one of the big ones—particularly for those of us who came of age in the 70s and early 80s. Continue reading Herb Trimpe 1939-2015
2014: A Comics-Geek Odyssey, Part 7
A few years later and I’m slowly (very slowly) approaching puberty. Continue reading 2014: A Comics-Geek Odyssey, Part 7
2014: A Comics-Geek Odyssey, Part 4
In the early spring of ’76, my social life had begun to take off. I learned to ride a bike and began interacting with the other kids on my block. Continue reading 2014: A Comics-Geek Odyssey, Part 4