Prisoner of the SS Girls

Illustration by Howell Dodd (b. 1910), n.d.

Edmund Dulac's Beauty and the Beast

Illustrations by Edmund Dulac for "The Beauty and the Beast." Originally published in The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales (1910). These scans are from a 1991 reprint published by Gramercy Books.

Jack Kirby Photo

Here's an autograph photo of Jack Kirby. I got this as a freebie when I was a member of the CFA-APA. I believe Bob Latimer made this possible.

Bill Stout Comix

Underground comic covers by Bill Stout.



Bicentennial Gross-Outs #1, 1976.




Weird Trips #2, 1978.




Cocaine Comix #1, 1975.

Posters of La Belle Epoque

A selection of posters from France, 1895-1900.

The Joker is Wild!

One of my favorite Batman covers, art by Walt Simonson. I remember buying this one when it came out.




Batman #366, April 1983.

Friday Odds and Ends

Brinke Stevens dressed up as Vamipirella.




The Dirty Dozen, Dell Movie Comic, 1967.




Weird Tales, Dec. 1932

Calling All Girls!

Calling All Girls! #9, August 1942.





Girls' Life #1, 1954.




Girls in Love #47, October 1955.




Girls' Love Stories #2, 1949.

Comics and Concerts

Here is a selection of concert flyers and comic store ads from the Detroit area collected in the mid-1980's to 1990's. Since they have monster movie themes or cool art, I decided they are appropriate here.




3-D Invisibles flyer, art by Bernie Wrightson.




Robot Monster (w/spliced in skull) on a 3-D Invisibles flyer.




Dave's Comics ad, art by Glenn Barr.




George Thorogood and the Destroyers, art by Peter Bagge.



Gimme Shelter Benefit Concert, art by Glenn Barr.




More monster mayhem with the 3-D Invisibles.



Bela Lugosi as the Wolfman.




Some insanity from Flaming Carrot's Bob Burden makes me want to go to a 3-D Invisibles concert!

Boy Hungry!

Cover art by Rudy Nappi for Kate Nickerson's novel, Boy Hungry, Carnival Books #951, 1953. Nappi also did the covers for the 1960's editions of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books.

F.O.O.M.

By Jim Steranko

Brain Bolland: Short Science Fiction Story

Here's a science fiction story, written by J.M. DeMatteis and drawn by Brian Bolland. DC Comics published it in Madame Xanadu Special #1 in 1981. This was before Bolland began to become popular in the United States with the publication of Judge Dredd reprints and Camelot 3000 in 1982. The facial expressions in the story are what really stand out to me, particularly the alien's expression on the third panel of page two. Bolland packs a lot of emotion in an alien looking face, not an easy thing to do. The crowd scene on page 4 is a standout also, looks like some mayhem straight out of a Judge Dredd story.

Aurora Comics Scenes: Superboy

In the mid-1970's Aurora model company brought out a series of models called "Comics Scenes." They were based on comic book, radio serial, and pulp characters. The models came with a comic book complete with a centerspread to use as a backdrop for the completed model. Below is a scan of a stat of the original art and the published comic cover for the Superboy model kit. Art by Dave Cockrum.

Swamp Thing!

What the hell, one more for today. I haven't posted anything by Wrightson for awhile, here's a couple drawings of Swamp Thing:




Swamp Thing, 1974.




Swamp Thing #9, April 1974.

Katy Keene

Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade #1, 1955.

Friday Odds and Ends

Death Rattle #1, June 1972. Cover art by Richard Corben.




Cover art for Captain Crossbones by Donald Barr Chidsey, 1958. Unknown artist.



Brinke Stevens