MarkAndrew
R.I.P. Jim Mooney
- by MarkAndrew
- Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 4:41 PM EST
He passed away last Sunday at the age of eighty-eight. Mooney’s roots as an artist date back to Golden Age, where he worked for Timely/Marvel, the Igot/Eisner studio, and ghosted for Bob Kane on BATMAN.
In his post Golden-Age career, he’s best known for his ten year stretch as the primary Silver Age Supergirl […]
For your perusal: The cover to Taffy # 12
- by MarkAndrew
- Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 7:23 PM EST
Dated 1948. Probably technically work safe, but….
Needed: Scans of EC’s International Comics/Crime Patrol 1-6
- by MarkAndrew
- Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 9:34 AM EST
Help Roy Thomas out! See your name in print in the All Star Companion volume 4 from TwoMorrows!
Anyway, my friend Kurt Mitchell, who’s one of the co-writers of the All-Star Companion series along with Roy the Boy posted this on the Classic Comics forum, and I wanted to pass his request along to a […]
Juicy Mother: Celebration
- by MarkAndrew
- Saturday, March 15th, 2008 at 3:34 PM EST
Here’s the part where the straight, white (American) male reviews the collection of mostly gay but sometimes other ethnic and racial minority comics. Let’s see what happens.
Juicy Mother is an aught five anthology from Soft Skull press featuring work by a bunch of folks I’ve quite honestly never heard of, mixed in with stuff […]
Hey! Everybody!
- by MarkAndrew
- Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 5:55 PM EST
Go wish prominent Comic Blogger (and semi-frequent comment-tator) Matt Brady congratulations on the birth of his first child.
The LINK! Follow the LINK!
It’s snowing and Steve Gerber is Dead.
- by MarkAndrew
- Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at 11:53 PM EST
(Written 11 days ago)
List of things I did when I found out Steve Gerber died:
Went and sat on the toilet for 22 minutes.
Immediately logged into CSBG to see if the news had been posted.
Felt slightly jealous that Cronin had posted it before I did. Aren’t Greg Hatcher and I THE big Steve Gerber fans, […]
Gail Simone talks about Steve Gerber
- by MarkAndrew
- Monday, February 11th, 2008 at 8:53 PM EST
Wonder Woman and Killer Princesses writer Gail Simone posted this on the You’ll All Be Sorry forum here, and I thought it was very nice. Made me feel better, kinda.
Hey, how do you recognize inkers?
- by MarkAndrew
- Sunday, February 10th, 2008 at 4:57 PM EST
I asked on the Classic Comics forum, but since I’ve GOT the ability, I may as well ask you guys, too.
Here’s the sum total of inkers I can pick out:
1) Bill Sienkiewicz
2) Steve Ditko
3) Wally Wood
I couldn’t even start to figure out how to recognize an inker who’s penciling I’m not intimately […]
Meanwhile, In Your Kitchen…..
- by MarkAndrew
- Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 3:04 PM EST
(Link from Journalista! More here.)
Best Comics of the Year Meta-List, Reviewed And Ranked
- by MarkAndrew
- Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 9:33 PM EST
So blogger Dick Hyacinth (Who Used to Hate Your Blog, But Doesn’t Seem to Any More) tabulated all the Best Comics of 2007 Lists he could find.
Excluded those lists with more than 50 or less than 5 entries, lists that were framed as gift givinh ideas, and lists that seemed to focus ONLY on […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight: The Long Way Home
- by MarkAndrew
- Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 6:30 PM EST
And on top of all that, is there anyone out there who can say with a straight face that Buffy the comic is equal to Buffy the TV show? That they are equivalent storytelling experiences? Buffy season 8, the comic, works mostly because it’s the only game in town for an audience that’s starved for […]
365 Reasons to Love Comics # 273
- by MarkAndrew
- Sunday, January 20th, 2008 at 1:57 AM EST
Hey, Lego Alan Moore From Way back in Reason Four! (Also available from the Archive.)
What do you think about Gilbert Shelton, the creator and guiding hand behind our latest reason?!
Why, he’s as near as comics have come to producing a natural comedic genius of the same stature as a Chaplin or a Tati. He […]
Another Damn Best of the Year List! 13(plus) Categories! Still 85% Shorter than Burgas’ List!
- by MarkAndrew
- Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 9:08 PM EST
Category 13) Covers of the Year! (That didn’t make any of the other CSBG best cover lists!)
Comics Quote of the Week
- by MarkAndrew
- Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 1:58 AM EST
Wonder Woman will always be objectified and not taken seriously as a fictional character until she stops wearing what is in effect a glorified one piece bathing suit.
Johnny Bacardi
(And I really like Wonder Woman. But this feels so true.)
More Links
- by MarkAndrew
- Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 at 9:46 PM EST
Just in case those up-top in our blog-roll weren’t enough, here’s another batch of good comics blogs.
Let’s start with The Old Comics Should Be Good. From before the move.
