Category: Artist Spotlight
Is it fair to say Joker is a darker character in the last thirty-five years than he was in the prior 35 years? Compare Brian Bolland's Joker in 1988 to Murphy Anderson's Joker in 1966 (see below). Compare...
So, recently a friend asked me a very interesting question about comics. This question pertained specifically to Marvel Comics. The question was in regards to obtaining a comic collection. He asked if you were able to obtain the first 100 issues of a Marvel series, which one...
Someone tell me when covers became embossed, metallic, hologram, sealed in resin (coming soon)? Almost thirty years ago, Amazing Spider-Man 365 hit the stores sporting an iconic hologram. All of Spidey's solo titles celebrated...
Eight Hundred Fifty-Four otherwise known as the current issue number of Amazing Spider-Man as I write this. And in case you needed me to tell you: that is a handful. We've followed Spider-Man throughout the decades, witnessing all of the struggles and trials that the webhead...
[caption id="attachment_94496" align="alignleft" width="282"] Leila del Duca[/caption] During my comic adventures, I've had the honor of being on panels with a number of amazing artists, writers, and creators. Leila del Duca is one of the coolest. I had the pleasure of interviewing Leila for the site, and what...
I previously wrote about some Mike Zeck Marvel comics that are easy on the eyes and also worth your consideration. Let's take a look at a few more titles and see if they are also worthy of your hard-earned dollars.
I recently wrote about Captain America #272 in another post which got me thinking about other timeless Mike Zeck covers. I am not the first person to write about Mike Zeck's epic run of 80s Marvel covers, but with the Covid boom...
Recollecting the golden days of youth, I grow fonder of Bill Everett and Sub-Mariner. Everett guided Namor's emergence in Marvel Comics 1. I was never a huge fan of...
Welcome to blog #2 of What Were They Thinking! Submitted for your approval are two more head-scratching, hands to cheeks in disbelief, OMG covers. Exploring these covers in detail also asks the question, "should you invest in them?" A Schomburg For The Ages!
I got excited when I saw that someone else was talking about "the definitive artist". I can't take credit for that since my blog was written but not published when I...
