Recently I asked a fellow comic fan what ever happened to Bob Powell after the Golden Age? Was he working in the 60's?
Turns out Bob Powell did draw comics in the 60's and for Marvel no less.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Charles Burn's Ill Bred from Death Rattle #1 (oct, 1985)
Charles Burn's
ILL BRED
Charles Burns came on the comic scene in the early 80's. His work was so striking with it's retro 50's style. His work appears on the surface to be silly horror stories but often they address real world problems and fears. In this case Burns looks at young love and the way women can consume a young man's life.
Friday, January 1, 2016
Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Happy 60th Birthday Michael Golden
born on Oct 1st 1955, has been one of the most influential comic artists of the last 40 years.
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| Here we see Michael Golden with a Marvel house add that he drew in the early 80's. |
Monday, September 28, 2015
Jaime Hernandez' Locas vs. Locos
Love and Rockets was one of my favorite comics in the 80's and Jaime's Locas was my favorite part of Love and Rockets. In it Jaime would create stories that were like amazing jewelry by coming up with a simple plot thread on which he would string his myriad of precious gems of characters on. Impetuous Hopey, sweet Maggie, head strong Terry, crazy Izzy. Each of Jaime's crazy characters are a perfect example of people that we have met, or friends that we know, in all their wacky, endearing glory.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Happy 60th Birthday Charles Burns!
Charles Burns, born September 27, 1955, has been amazing us with his work for over 35 years!
Burns got his start in the pages of Art Spiegelman's Raw Magazine. His first important work for RAW would be the cover of RAW #4, which featured a die-cut cover.
Burns characters live in a wacky world turned on it's head. One of Burns early works was El Borba, a giant luchador detective, serialized in the pages of Heavy Metal Magazine. Here we see his story from Heavy Metal Magazine, Aug 1983, titled Dead Meat.
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| The artist as a young punk rocker. |
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| This is Burn's ingenious cover for Raw Magazine #4. The first picture is the outside cover. The second picture is the inside cover. Di cut holes were cut in the cover where the color inside cover would show through. |
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Happy birthday Winsor McCay!
Winsor McCay
born September 26, 1871, was a pioneer of the comic strip.
He was one of the first comic creators and one of the greatest ever to work in the medium.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Special 200th post!
This is the
200th blog post
I've done for the
Great Comic Book Heroes.
Working on this blog has been an amazing ride.
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| Scott McCloud speaks about the vast world of comics in his classic Understanding Comics. |
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Crepax' the Man From Harlem
The Jazz Age masterpiece
The Man From Harlem, by Italian master Guido Crepax, is a tribute to the Jazz Age with it's inspired music, brutal crime and deplorable racism of the time.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Happy 106th birthday Basil Wolverton!
the mad genius of
Basil Wolverton
Basil Wolverton
(July 9, 1909 – December 31, 1978)
was one of the most original and greatest of the Golden Age comic creators most famous for his weird horror stories of the 50's.
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| Here Basil is with some of his comics. |
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Happy 80th birthday Billy Graham!
Billy Graham, born July 1, 1935 - died 1999, was an African-American comic-book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics series Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, and the Jungle Action feature, "Black Panther".
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Happy 87th Birthday Alex Toth!
Yin and Yang
and the art of
Alex Toth!
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| Alex Toth's art is an art of yin and yang, the balance of extremes. |
Happy 87th Birthday
Alex Toth!
(June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006)
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Happy 74th Birthday Neal Adams!
Neal Adams
born June 6, 1941
is Mr. 70's. He was the most significant creator of the 70's
virtually representing the whole of that Bronze Age of comics.
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| Neal Adams with some of the most popular characters that he worked on like Batman, the Spectre, Green Arrow, and Deadman. |
Monday, May 25, 2015
Happy 66th birthday Barry Windsor-Smith!
Barry Windsor-Smith (born Barry Smith in London, on 25 May 1949),
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| You can see how much Barry Windsor Smith (depicted in a self portrait in the center) matured as an artist in these two Daredevil covers he drew 16 years apart, one done at the beginning of his career in May 1969 and the other done in his mature style in April 1985. Notice the flowing anatomy on the right and the beautiful colors vs the ridged anatomy on the left. |
Barry Windsor Smith official site
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Happy 31st birthday Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a phenomenon that happens very rarely. It's the story of a pair of amateur comic fans making good on their dreams to get rich and famous through making comics. It's also the story of the independent comics movement in the 80's and 90's.
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| Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman stand with some of the merchandise of their phenomenally popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. |
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