Cannonball !!!!!
Making a Splash has been a great exercise, it was fun and I learned a lot. I’d say the biggest surprise for me was the sheer power of Jack Kirby, I mean I knew it already but I just didn’t…
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Week 48: Metals and Alloys
A little something from each of the older eras this week. The Silver, Bronze and Copper are from my eBay pile so I hope they are first-time views for most people. Big John Buscema never disappoints, check out this great…
Top 10 Marvel Covers of the 1960s
Silver Age Marvel Comics may be the most collected comics in all of collectingdom. I’m sure we all have our favourite covers from this all-important era. In this post, I’ll give you my top ten. In all honesty, I’m happy…
Week 40: Seeing Both Sides
I’m back at mining the eBay pile in my office for this week’s post. I leafed through the first two books and quickly saw a chance to feature a week full of double-page splash pages, I did a post like…
Week 29: Never Forget the Beer
Couldn’t pick a theme this week but I knew I had to show you this nasty Bob Fujitani splash from Pep Comics. I had Bob featured in Week 1 and I’m not sure why I’ve waited this long for his…
Week 13: Double the Fun
This week I thought I’d double the fun by highlighting a comic book with two great splash pages by two great artists. Silver Surfer #4, Page 3 – John Buscema. I’m gonna come out and say that this is one…
Week 12: The Fighting Irish
This week I’m paying tribute to St. Patrick’s Day and to the spirit of the Fighting Irish. I only know one Irish song and it goes something like this; “we drink and we fight – and we drink and we…
Week 3: Steranko Squared
Grading comics allowed for the large and vibrant vintage comic market to expand exponentially. Gone was the worry of missing pages, of undetected restoration, of missed cropping and of buying over graded books. All this had come at a cost…
Covered 365: Day 303
Avengers #303, Marvel Comics, May 1989. Artist: John Buscema. I’m such a John Buscema fanboy, I saw his cover to Avengers #303 and it sent me back to that late 60s style of his that produced so many classic covers.…
Covered 365: Day 200
Avengers #200, Marvel Comics, October 1980. Artist: George Perez. Here we are at another milestone, Day 200! This project has been so eye-opening, making me look at all covers way more closely than I did in the past. DC Comics…
Covered 365: Day 185
Avengers #185, Marvel Comics, July 1979. Artist: George Perez. There was a lot to like on Day #185, tops on my list is Perez’s powerful rendering on Avengers #185. I can’t seem to get enough Gil Kane lately, have a…
Covered 365: Day 183
Thor #183, Marvel Comics, December 1970. Artist: John Buscema. Hump day folks. We’ve posted 182 days before this post and we have 182 to go after this post. Probably a good time for as little reflection and review. I’m noticing…
Covered 365: Day 178
Wonder Woman #178, DC Comics, Sept/Oct 1968, Artist: Mike Sekowsky. That power pose on the cover of Wonder Woman #178 signaled a new beginning, cover after cover of an empowered Wonder Woman taking charge and kicking butt. Too bad it…
Web Arted #360
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Beatty, Zeck, Colan, Palmer, Rubinstein, Buscema, Gulacy, Weeks, Nolan, Janson.
Web Arted #359
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Bolle, Buscema, Palmer, Kesel, Mignola, Zeck, Beatty, Davis, Farmer.
Web Arted #358
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Bolle, Byrne, Kesel, Williamson, Buscema, Elias, Colan, Janson.
Web Arted #354
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Davis, Farmer, Colan, Green, Cockrum, Buscema, Marcos, Stroman.
Web Arted #353
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Cheung, Morales, Bertram, Chaykin, Buscema, Bolton.
Covered 365: Day 87
Avengers #87 – Marvel Comics, August 1959 – Artist: John Buscema. Another striking cover from the mighty, mighty John Buscema. A few days ago I was lamenting how hard it was finding a cover, today I’m lamenting how hard it…
Covered 365: Day 78
Avengers #78 – Marvel Comics, July 1970 – Artist: John Buscema. The mighty mighty John Buscema at it again, I love this cover. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in…