Category: Artist Spotlight
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...
Legendary War Artists Joe Kubert and Dick Ayers make you rethink the old song lyric, "War, What's It Good For?" While no one should glamorize the horrors of war, Joe Kubert and Dick Ayers told hundreds of...
