Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Book Review: According to Jack Kirby by Michael Hill

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"According to Jack Kirby: Insights drawn from interviews with comics' greatest creator" by Michael Hill Lulu Books 2021 ISBN 9...
Monday, February 01, 2021

What Was the Best Comic of 1961?

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by BK Munn I've seen some press for an upcoming repackaging of Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four #1, the comic book that arguably launched...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

CHRISTMAS COMICS REVIEW: LON CHANEY SPEAKS

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LON CHANEY SPEAKS BY PAT DORIAN (PENGUIN) review by BK Munn From "Lon Chaney Speaks" by Pat Dorian, a more-or-less straight bio of...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020

Comics in Film: Robert Crumb's "Despair" in Smithereens

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by BK Munn Comics in Film: Smithereens (1982).  Billy reads a copy of Robert Crumb's Despair while his romantically-linked bedmates, man...
Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Recent Flexi-disc Comic Books

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The greatest novelty publishing format mixes two of my favourite things: comics and records. There was a brief vogue for including flexi-dis...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Illustrations from Capital and Labor by Paul Krafft, 1907

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Capital and Labor by Rev. W.S. Harris, with illustrations by Paul Krafft. This 300-page manifesto from 1907 is written from the point-of-vie...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The First Use of Multiverse in Comics?

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Notes on "The Multiverse, Part1" Parallel worlds, counter-Earths, and alternate dimensions have been with us in the comic book...
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Friday, August 07, 2020

Don't Your Shoulder Blades Itch? by Vladimir Mayakovsky

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  DON’T YOUR SHOULDER BLADES ITCH?  Whenever a rainbow hangs down its bow  or the sky  shines blue  without patch or stitch,  tell me,  don’...