Dante's Inferno by Michael Kaluta

Christopher Enterprises released Michael Kaluta's Dante's Inferno portfolio in 1975. It featured 8 full color plates in an illustrated folder and was limited to 2000 signed and numbered copies. You still see copies of it for sale at what I consider pretty reasonable prices.







The Gate of Hell




Charon




Dis, Styx, and Dame Fortune




Paolo and Francesca




Furies and Tombs of the Heretics




Nessus on the Shore of Phlegethon




Geryon




Roosting Demons

Super Spanking

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #57, May 1965. Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger.

Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Convention 2011

Here's some photos from the Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Convention in Charlotte NC on June 4, 2011. It was a good show. Last year I got a nice piece of original art by Wrightson. This year I just spent too much money on comic books.





Neal Adams.




Convention floor.




Powerpuff Girls.




Scott Hampton. Scott is working on a piece for the Art Auction. Bernie Wrightson penciled the dinosaur.




Art for the auction.




Bernie Wrightson.




Scott Hampton.




Dr. Strange.




Savannah Pedigree Comic Books.




Not sure who they're supposed to be.

The Master of Men

By Michael W. Kaluta, 1976.

Oddball Comics

In 1994, Kitchen Sink released a set of trading cards called "Oddball Comics." This set feature 36 cards all depicting covers of, well, oddball comics. The trading cards were compiled by artist Scott Shaw! and was based on a popular slide show he often presented at conventions. After I decided to post a few examples from the set, I searched on the internet to see when the cards were originally releahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifsed. It looks like Scott still has a lively web page all about oddball comics. So here's a taste, then head over to Scott's page and immerse yourself in some comic book weirdness.




Criminals on the Run, vol. 4 #7. June 1949. Cover art by L.B. Cole.




Space Western #40, October 1952. Cover art by John Belfi.



Slapstick Comics, November 1945.




Popular Teen-Agers #6, November 1950. Cover art by L.B. Cole.




Zoot Comics #2, Summer 1946.

The Escape!

This is a nice but kind of strange story by Sergio Aragones from the DC humor comic Plop! #1 (October 1973). Aragones is certainly consistent and he delivers here. There's some great moments and facial expressions in the first few pages of what appears to be a humorous story (even if it takes place in a prison). The last page is an abrupt change of tone from the first part of the story, but Aragones' humorous style pulls it off. And I could look at that last page for quite a long time too.

Blood Emerald

Here's a nice cover painting by Robert Maguire for the 1975 novel Blood Emerald.