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I LOVE ‘Em: The Return Of too Many Super Heroes!

I think that someone misunderstood. I LOVE the old Archie/MLJ Mighty Crusaders and 1980s Red Circle Crusaders.  I just have not read the current versions.  But what an excuse to re-post! Someone said they could not find my article on the 1960s MLJ Mighty Crusaders.  So,presenting for the second time,”Too Many Super Heroes”! THE MIGHTY [...]

Attila Fazekas And The Legal Bootleg Star Wars!

Taken a while but as CBO is very interested in comics from Europe the following email from János Verebics was quite interesting -with plenty of images! ************************************************************************* “Maybe some news you will be interested in?   “As I informed you in previous mails, Attila Fazekas, one of the great masters of the Hungarian Golden Age [...]

Return To The Golden Age Of The British Small Press

  back in 2008 (wow, that long ago?) I wrote this lengthy piece on what was without doubt the Golden Age of the British Small Press (SP).  The UK SP had an influence on some European zinesters but its biggest impact was in the United States. At the time I was running Zine Zone, the [...]

Kickstarter? I’ll Give You A Kickstarter!

Which, before you kick-off, is a humorous title. Nothing more! Above: Charles Cutting’s “The Dream Quest Of Randolph Carter” a kickstarter project. __________________________________________________ I must say that I have reservations about all the comic book Kickstarters going on at the moment and can see a good side and bad side to it.  “What is a [...]

Superman Germany’s First Silver Age Superhero?

      Above: Supermann   According to the advertisement by Hallwag Verlag, the first super hero in a German comic was set to make his debut in October, 1950. So, who was to be the costumed hero making this much lauded debut? Well, who else – it was none other than the hero of [...]

Return To The Golden Age Of The British Small Press

back in 2008 (wow, that long ago?) I wrote this lengthy piece on what was without doubt the Golden Age of the British Small Press (SP).  The UK SP had an influence on some European zinesters but its biggest impact was in the United States. At the time I was running Zine Zone, the SP [...]

Did The Americans Save UK Comics During WW 2?

No. Sorry, simple answer.  Although the US and its supplies were vital to the UK at the time they didn’t supply us with paper to print comics!   Robert Kennedy, following a comment on the GCD (Grand Comics Database) by someone who does not wish to be name (??), who wrote: “It’s reckoned some UK [...]

Neil Alden Armstrong August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012

One of my heroes has passed away. This from the BBC.   Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon on 20 July 1969 US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, has died at the age of 82, US media report. Earlier this month he had surgery to [...]

Berol, Uni Ball and Rotring Tikky Graphic

Back in July I posted a piece about what I use to draw comics/illustrations with.  In case you missed it: New Comic Artists -What Instruments To Draw With.   I keep getting asked by people trying to get started in the industry what I would recommend to draw with. Okay, you see an artist uses [...]

Your Art on billboard @ Regent’s Park Station during Frieze Art Fair

  Click here to view in your web browser ART BELOW REGENT’S PARK, NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS,   PLATFORM EXHIBITION AND GALLERY SHOW, OCTOBER 2012  Dear Artist We are now open for submissions for our biggest and most important show of 2012 ‘Art Below Regent’s Park’. This October we are transforming a whole platform at Regent’s Park [...]