Bryan Lee O’Malley art for Puerto Rico and a Twin Peaks confession.
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Everyone should read comics and manga as a prerequisite for being cool and knowing where the good stuff is.
Golden Bricks & Bronze Age with Eric Shanower – Interview
I just introduced my goddaughter to an old favorite of mine Return to Oz which scared the shit out of me as a kid in a way none of the iconic horror films of the decade did. No better time to re-present a lengthy interview I conducted with cartoonist Eric Shanower who has Oz stripes.
Continue readingIn the House of Mystery with Lilah Sturges – Interview
Some really good stuff in this old chat I had with Sturges. For fans of Vertgio, DC comics, storytelling, and/or speculative fiction in general.
Continue readingPiskor’s Grand Design X-Tinction Aims At Cyclopean Baby Momma Drama
Poolside with baby Cable reliving ’90s X-Men.
Continue readingBloodshot? 10 VALIANT Comics to Own Before They Become Movies
Pandemic streaming is here.
Continue readingThe Smurfs Debut in the 1950s as Zombie Comic and Brunette Smurfette?
lalalalalala… you the first time the Smurfs revealed themselves and Smurfette’s first original hair color exposed!
Continue readingGargamel Enters Smurfs Lives in Silhouette
Peyo’s early cartooning and design is pretty terrific. 1959 Gargamel looks like the broken down Wizard we all know.
Continue readingA Stray Bullet? Whatever Happened to David Lapham’s Defiant Mongrel?
And what does George Romero have to do with it if anything?
Continue readingWhat the Smurf? The First Glimpse of Peyo’s Schtroumpf
A Smurf sighting. The very first hint of the existence of characters that would create a multimedia licensing empire for Peyo.
Continue readingAre You Listening? Read Tillie Walden Comics
The world is alright. I’m hanging out in the backyard all poolside with new Tillie Walden comics.
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