R.I.P. Sheldon Moldoff
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Known primarily as Bob Kane's chief ghost toward the end of Kane's
association with DC as an "artist," Moldoff also was one of the earliest
artists on th...
ABANDON $ ALL YE WHO READ THIS DREAD NECRONOMICON
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Those of you familiar with the weird fiction of H. P. Lovevcraft will know
that among the varied devices he employed in efforts to add authenticity
to hi...
In Memorium: Sheldon Moldoff & Ralph McQuarrie
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"Shelly" MoldoffThis weekend brought sad news of the passing of twin titans
of the genre realm. Golden age artist *Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff * passed
away a...
50s Westerns Blu-ray News #80: Hondo (1953).
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John Wayne’s riding tall on Blu-ray. June 5th will see Hondo (1953) make
its high-definition debut. The list of features is a carryover from the
standard D...
Marvel Firsts: The Not-So-High Flying Falcon!
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Captain America #117 (September 1969)
"The Coming of... the Falcon!"
Stan Lee-Gene Colan/Joe Sinnott
Doug: Today's the second installment in our "Firsts" se...
Jack Davis: "Commercial Folk Artist"
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After last week's look at the work of Lynd Ward, my good pal Bill Peckmann
sent a note:
*"It would be fun to do a book or list of artists with Lynd Ward's ...
Merchants Of Mongo!
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I've owned the original Alex Raymond Flash Gordon adventures in the
Nostalgia Ventures volumes for decades. The last time though that I read
that material...
The Strange Case of the Absent Floor
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I've managed to track down all the installments of *The Secret Files of
Doctor Drew* from *Rangers Comics*. No, not the Dr. Drew from *Celebrity
Rehab*. Th...
Superman #173
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The opening story is *The Untouchable Clark Kent*. The premise for the
story can be gleaned just from this opening panel:
The former Hollywood star who ca...
Lina Romay R.I.P.
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A bit late with this, but I like to imagine her death being like the
opening titles of Female Vampire, but in reverse, with Lina disappearing
into the mist...
Mike Mignola's World Horror Convention Poster
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Always a thrill to find a new Frankenstein illustration by the great Mike
Mignola. Here, under a dark crescent moon, a sawtooth Dracula and a flayed
Mon...
Mayhem from the Stands
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Now that the NASCAR season is in full swing I can continue my hobby of
finding Youtube videos of wrecks shot from the grandstands. Speed Weeks at
Daytona o...
Monster Howls (PART TWO)
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Our Part Two look at the* Monster Howls* '66 one-shot issue *(Humor-Vision
/ Major Magazines)* features even more fun art and monster madness, aka *"Laughs ...
Resurrection of an Icon
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Some amazing graphics from Wood highlight Michael Dooley's PRINT piece
about Wood's big comeback of late. Thanks to David Spurlock for the tip.
http://imp...
Odd Titles, Dull Covers
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Every year the UK's *Bookseller *magazine runs the Diagram Prize for Oddest
Book Title. This year's nominees are indeed quite odd, but I have to say
that t...
THIS 1970 MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG IS GROOVY COOL
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Let's travel back to the age of grooviness and view some select pages from
a 1970 Montgomery Ward Fall Catalog.
What the heck are these two hip teenag...
Tales of the Greeks and Trojans
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The year was 1963 and in the small bookstore come stationer that was one of
my favorite childhood haunts, there was a new book that immediately grabbed
my ...
The Star Wars Album
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In November 1977, Ballentine put out this 75 page *Star Wars Album*featuring tons of color and black and white photos from the movie and
behind the scenes...
Foreign Favorites: Comanche
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Riding on the success of *Bernard Prince* in *Tintin* magazine, the team of
Hermann and Greg created a new adventure strip in 1971 entitled *Comanche*.
T...
The Shock Influence on Shock!
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The Shock! phenomenon currently holds several mysteries as to who thought
up the idea of the film package at Screen Gems, who developed the marketing
plan ...
I'm Thankful for Bi-Sexual Cowboys
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I figure most people fall on one of two sides in the sexuality debate. They
are either fine with homo-sexuality and bi-sexuality or they are fine with
it a...
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