From 1973, the first big "event" I remember as a kid -- Avengers vs. Defenders! Loved it!
Pencils & Inks by Sal Buscema
That was the one issue in that whole crossover that I had a helluvatime tracking down when it first came out, due to poor distribution. (This was in the days before comic shops.) I had to go miles out of my way to finally locate a drug store that had a copy on its spinner rack.
From 1973, the first big "event" I remember as a kid -- Avengers vs. Defenders! Loved it!
Pencils & Inks by Sal Buscema
That was the one issue in that whole crossover that I had a helluvatime tracking down when it first came out, due to poor distribution. (This was in the days before comic shops.) I had to go miles out of my way to finally locate a drug store that had a copy on its spinner rack.
Yeah, that must have been a systemic problem, because I'm pretty sure I didn't get to read this issue until looong after the fact for the same reason...
There was a time when these movies were very, very popular, and Marvel produced a black and white magazine tie-in that was actually quite good. Cover by Bob Larkin.
Now I get to toot my horn again. When I was working for MU Press, I edited a furry/funny-animal anthology called ZU. We were looking to pick up where Fantagraphics' Critters had left off, but with a slightly different flavor. We had some very good covers produced for the series, some by some very unexpected contributors.
Cover by well known Czech cartoonist, Darko Macan, who was better known on this side of the Atlantic for some of his work at Dark Horse, writing Grendel, Star Wars and Tarzan.
Kris Kreutzman, who spent most of his time as a programmer at Apple.
Donna Barr, best known for The Desert Peach.
(I'll add a few more in the next post; don't want to choke the Internet...)
Cover by Michael Scot McMurry, who, sadly, died a few years after this was published. He even went to the trouble to get permission from McIlhenny to use the image of the Tobasco bottle.
Bill Neville, who drew the short-lived Explorers comic in the late 90's.
And this was my sole contribution to the cover gallery. I'd wanted a kind of Vertigo-style photo cover, and came up with this collage, utilizing photos, pencil drawings, clip art, computer generated art, and a statuette sculpted by a friend. I was quite pleased with how it turned out, though this image is a little faded, I'm afraid.
So much fun stuff! I bought a lot of Gold Key comics when I was a very young kid -- the covers always caught my attention -- but I have none of it anymore and don't remember most of it, unfortunately. But fun to see...
I well remember how popular the POTA stuff was -- I couldn't get enough of them in movies, comics, TV, toys. Plus, great Wally Wood cover!
Loving the Swamp Thing covers, too...
From me, today, some Kirby/Mike Royer Demon today, featuring Witchboy...from 1973.
While I did enjoy Gold Key's,DC's and Marvel's previous Tarzan comics,once Dark Horse got the license the stories got even better. Would love to see a series of comics that was straight adaptations of the ERB novels with Mike Grell doing the artwork.
I wish that DC would collect this under rated Bronze Age series. Mike Grell did the covers for the first 8 issues. And I have always loved the way he draws people,they have a grace and fluid movement about them that most other artist can't do.
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Tim Truman
Loved that Buckler/Sinnott Thor cover! Also, I'm a fan of Truman, especially early Grim Jack.
From 1973, the first big "event" I remember as a kid -- Avengers vs. Defenders! Loved it!
Pencils & Inks by Sal Buscema
Regrettably, I don't know who the artist was.
Ah, the days when all it took to be a good superspy was a good, strong belt!
Dynamo, by Wally Wood.
There was a time when these movies were very, very popular, and Marvel produced a black and white magazine tie-in that was actually quite good. Cover by Bob Larkin.
Cover by well known Czech cartoonist, Darko Macan, who was better known on this side of the Atlantic for some of his work at Dark Horse, writing Grendel, Star Wars and Tarzan.
Kris Kreutzman, who spent most of his time as a programmer at Apple.
Donna Barr, best known for The Desert Peach.
(I'll add a few more in the next post; don't want to choke the Internet...)
Cover by Michael Scot McMurry, who, sadly, died a few years after this was published. He even went to the trouble to get permission from McIlhenny to use the image of the Tobasco bottle.
Bill Neville, who drew the short-lived Explorers comic in the late 90's.
And this was my sole contribution to the cover gallery. I'd wanted a kind of Vertigo-style photo cover, and came up with this collage, utilizing photos, pencil drawings, clip art, computer generated art, and a statuette sculpted by a friend. I was quite pleased with how it turned out, though this image is a little faded, I'm afraid.
Russ Manning
Alex Ross
George Wilson
Jesse Santos
Must find a copy of this comic!
I well remember how popular the POTA stuff was -- I couldn't get enough of them in movies, comics, TV, toys. Plus, great Wally Wood cover!
Loving the Swamp Thing covers, too...
From me, today, some Kirby/Mike Royer Demon today, featuring Witchboy...from 1973.
Kelley Jones
Really need to sit down and read these Atlas revamp/reboot comics.
Nick Cardy
Mike Grell
Always loved finding issues of this series in the back issue bins.
Mike Grell
Julia Lacquement
Dameon Willich
Not a James Bond fan,but picked up this series cause Mike Grell was writing it and drawing it.
Mike Grell
While I did enjoy Gold Key's,DC's and Marvel's previous Tarzan comics,once Dark Horse got the license the stories got even better. Would love to see a series of comics that was straight adaptations of the ERB novels with Mike Grell doing the artwork.
Mike Grell
I wish that DC would collect this under rated Bronze Age series. Mike Grell did the covers for the first 8 issues. And I have always loved the way he draws people,they have a grace and fluid movement about them that most other artist can't do.
Beautiful 1973 cover today by Joe Kubert. R.I.P
This series ,which it seems has been forgotten,was really well done. Cover by Mike Grell.